State name puzzle
my @states = <
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware
Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky
Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi
Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New_Hampshire New_Jersey New_Mexico
New_York North_Carolina North_Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania
Rhode_Island South_Carolina South_Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont
Virginia Washington West_Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
>;
say "50 states:";
.say for anastates @states;
say "\n54 states:";
.say for sort anastates @states, < New_Kory Wen_Kory York_New Kory_New New_Kory >;
sub anastates (*@states) {
my @s = @states.unique».subst('_', ' ');
my @pairs = gather for ^@s -> $i {
for $i ^..^ @s -> $j {
take [ @s[$i], @s[$j] ];
}
}
my $equivs = hash @pairs.classify: *.lc.comb.sort.join;
gather for $equivs.values -> @c {
for ^@c -> $i {
for $i ^..^ @c -> $j {
my $set = set @c[$i].list, @c[$j].list;
take @c[$i].list.join(', ') ~ ' = ' ~ @c[$j].list.join(', ') if $set == 4;
}
}
}
}
Output:
Output:
50 states:
North Carolina, South Dakota = North Dakota, South Carolina
54 states:
New Kory, Kory New = Wen Kory, York New
New Kory, Wen Kory = York New, Kory New
New Kory, York New = Wen Kory, Kory New
New York, Kory New = New Kory, Wen Kory
New York, Kory New = New Kory, York New
New York, Kory New = Wen Kory, York New
New York, New Kory = Wen Kory, Kory New
New York, New Kory = Wen Kory, York New
New York, New Kory = York New, Kory New
New York, Wen Kory = New Kory, Kory New
New York, Wen Kory = New Kory, York New
New York, Wen Kory = York New, Kory New
New York, York New = New Kory, Kory New
New York, York New = New Kory, Wen Kory
New York, York New = Wen Kory, Kory New
North Carolina, South Dakota = North Dakota, South Carolina