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#!perl
use Test::More qw( no_plan ); #Random initial string...
use lib qw( lib ../lib ../../lib ); #Just in case we are testing it in-place
use Algorithm::MasterMind qw(check_combination);
BEGIN {
use_ok( 'Algorithm::MasterMind::Sequential_Alt' );
}
my $secret_code = 'ADCB';
my @alphabet = qw( A B C D E F );
my $solver = new Algorithm::MasterMind::Sequential_Alt { alphabet => \@alphabet,
length => length( $secret_code ) };
isa_ok( $solver, 'Algorithm::MasterMind::Sequential_Alt', 'Instance OK' );
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) );
is( scalar $solver->number_of_rules, 1, "Rules added" );
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" );