The Square Chest
On the chest keypad is a grid of numbered dots. The grid is comprised of a square shaped array of dots and contains lines that connect some pairs of adjacent dots. The answer to the code is the number of squares that are formed by these lines. For example, in the figure shown below, there are 3 squares: 2 small squares and 1 medium square.
The dots are marked by the numbers 1 through 16. The endpoints of the lines are represented by lists of two numbers.
Input: A list of lines as a list of list. Each list consists of the two integers.
Output: The quantity of squares formed as an integer.
Example:
checkio([[1, 2], [3, 4], [1, 5], [2, 6], [4, 8], [5, 6], [6, 7],
[7, 8], [6, 10], [7, 11], [8, 12], [10, 11],
[10, 14], [12, 16], [14, 15], [15, 16]]) == 3
checkio([[1, 2], [2, 3], [3, 4], [1, 5], [4, 8],
[6, 7], [5, 9], [6, 10], [7, 11], [8, 12],
[9, 13], [10, 11], [12, 16], [13, 14], [14, 15], [15, 16]]) == 2
How it is used: This is a simple puzzle that illustrates pattern searching. For complex cases you can improve your program and use it to search for more complex patterns, shapes and objects.
Precondition:
0 < len(lines) ≤ 32
CheckiO Extensions allow you to use local files to solve missions. More info in a blog post.
In order to install CheckiO client you'll need installed Python (version at least 3.8)
Install CheckiO Client first:
pip3 install checkio_client
Configure your tool
checkio --domain=py config --key=
Sync solutions into your local folder
checkio sync
(in beta testing) Launch local server so your browser can use it and sync solution between local file end extension on the fly. (doesn't work for safari)
checkio serv -d
Alternatevly, you can install Chrome extension or FF addon
checkio install-plugin
checkio install-plugin --ff
checkio install-plugin --chromium
Read more here about other functionality that the checkio client provides. Feel free to submit an issue in case of any difficulties.
