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Jimbly / regex-crossword

Implementation of a RegExp crossword.
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Incorrect clue? [SPOILERS] #5

Closed cowboy closed 9 years ago

cowboy commented 9 years ago

I just tried this puzzle, and the .*(.)C\1X\1.* clue seems to be backwards. I think it should be .*(.)X\1C\1.*.

This is as far as I've gotten, but there's no way I can see to reconcile the two red fields.

If I swap them by setting board_data.z[8] = '.*(.)X\\1C\\1.*'; I can solve the puzzle:

Jimbly commented 9 years ago

A user reported in #3 that it was transposed, however, all of those clues are transposed down there, so I believe the fix was in error. I have reverted the change, thanks for letting me know =).

Jimbly commented 9 years ago

Also, was this puzzle recently linked to or something? This repository has been idle for 2 years and I just got two issues in a couple days (although, if the first issue caused the second, perhaps that is why =)...

cowboy commented 9 years ago

I saw that you closed my other old issue, so I thought I'd try the puzzle again :grin:

Jimbly commented 9 years ago

Oh, hah, that explains it then =).