🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1u9fs6$c...@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, al...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Gerard Pinzone) writes:
|> 
|> I'm trying to solve the "picture puzzle" and it *seems* impossible...
|> 
|> I wrote a simple "simulator" in quick basic below.  It should run under
|> any version of IBM basic.
|> 
|> 10 DIM a(3, 3)
|> 20 FOR i = 1 TO 3
|> 30 FOR j = 1 TO 3
|> 40 a(i, j) = 1
|> 50 NEXT j
|> 60 NEXT i
|> 70 a(2, 3) = 2
|> 80 GOSUB 1000
|> 90 GOSUB 2000
|> 100 GOTO 80
|> 999 END
|> 
|> 1000 CLS : FOR i = 1 TO 3
|> 1010 FOR j = 1 TO 3
|> 1020 PRINT a(i, j);
|> 1030 NEXT j
|> 1040 PRINT
|> 1050 NEXT i
|> 1060 RETURN
|> 
|> 2000 INPUT "Enter ROW to change "; x
|> 2010 INPUT "Enter COL to change "; y
|> 2020 FOR i = 1 TO 3
|> 2030 a(x, i) = a(x, i) + 1
|> 2040 IF a(x, i) > 9 THEN a(x, i) = 1
|> 2050 a(i, y) = a(i, y) + 1
|> 2060 IF a(i, y) > 9 THEN a(i, y) = 1
|> 2070 NEXT i
|> 2080 RETURN
|> 
|> It doesn't "minus" the picture values, just adds.  It shouldn't make a
|> difference.  I got to where I have every picture piece to look the same
|> except one.  How could this puzzle be solved if this is true?  Are 
|> there any rules I don't take into account?

That's right, it can't be solved.  Some of the combinations your are given can
not be solved.  Start over and try again... Eventually, you will be given one
that can be solved.

Larry

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