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#!perl
use Test::More qw( no_plan ); #Random initial string...
use lib qw( lib ../lib ../../lib ../Algorithm-Evolutionary/lib ); #Just in case we are testing it in-place
use Algorithm::MasterMind qw(check_combination);
BEGIN {
use_ok( 'Algorithm::MasterMind::EDA' );
}
my $secret_code = 'EAFC';
my $population_size = 200;
my @alphabet = qw( A B C D E F );
my $solver = new Algorithm::MasterMind::EDA { alphabet => \@alphabet,
length => length( $secret_code ),
pop_size => $population_size};
solve_mastermind( $solver, $secret_code );
$solver = new Algorithm::MasterMind::EDA { alphabet => \@alphabet,
length => length( $secret_code ),
pop_size => $population_size,
fitness => 'naive' };
solve_mastermind( $solver, $secret_code );
$solver = new Algorithm::MasterMind::EDA { alphabet => \@alphabet,
length => length( $secret_code ),
pop_size => $population_size,
fitness => 'compress' };
solve_mastermind( $solver, $secret_code );
$solver = new Algorithm::MasterMind::EDA { alphabet => \@alphabet,
length => length( $secret_code ),
pop_size => $population_size,
fitness => 'compress',
first => 'half'};
solve_mastermind( $solver, $secret_code );
sub solve_mastermind {
my $solver = shift;
my $secret_code = shift;
my $first_string = $solver->issue_first;
diag( "This might take a while while it finds the code $secret_code" );
is( length( $first_string), 4, 'Issued first '. $first_string );
$solver->feedback( check_combination( $secret_code, $first_string) );
my $played_string = $solver->issue_next;
while ( $played_string ne $secret_code ) {
is( length( $played_string), 4, 'Playing '. $played_string ) ;
$solver->feedback( check_combination( $secret_code, $played_string) );
$played_string = $solver->issue_next;
}
is( $played_string, $secret_code, "Found code after ".$solver->evaluated()." combinations" );
}