search.py

        if BoggleFinder.wordlist is None:
            BoggleFinder.wordlist = Wordlist(DataFile("EN-text/wordlist"))
        self.found = {}
        if board:
            self.set_board(board)

    def set_board(self, board=None):
        "Set the board, and find all the words in it."
        if board is None:
            board = random_boggle()
        self.board = board
        self.neighbors = boggle_neighbors(len(board))
        self.found = {}
        for i in range(len(board)):
            lo, hi = self.wordlist.bounds[board[i]]
            self.find(lo, hi, i, [], '')
        return self

    def find(self, lo, hi, i, visited, prefix):
        """Looking in square i, find the words that continue the prefix,
        considering the entries in self.wordlist.words[lo:hi], and not
        revisiting the squares in visited."""
        if i in visited:
            return
        wordpos, is_word = self.wordlist.lookup(prefix, lo, hi)
        if wordpos is not None:
            if is_word:
                self.found[prefix] = True
            visited.append(i)
            c = self.board[i]
            if c == 'Q':
                c = 'QU'
            prefix += c
            for j in self.neighbors[i]:
                self.find(wordpos, hi, j, visited, prefix)
            visited.pop()

    def words(self):
        "The words found."
        return list(self.found.keys())

    scores = [0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 5] + [11] * 100

    def score(self):
        "The total score for the words found, according to the rules."
        return sum([self.scores[len(w)] for w in self.words()])

    def __len__(self):
        "The number of words found."
        return len(self.found)

# _____________________________________________________________________________


def boggle_hill_climbing(board=None, ntimes=100, verbose=True):
    """Solve inverse Boggle by hill-climbing: find a high-scoring board by
    starting with a random one and changing it."""
    finder = BoggleFinder()
    if board is None:
        board = random_boggle()
    best = len(finder.set_board(board))
    for _ in range(ntimes):
        i, oldc = mutate_boggle(board)
        new = len(finder.set_board(board))
        if new > best:
            best = new
            if verbose:
                print(best, _, board)
        else:
            board[i] = oldc  # Change back
    if verbose:
        print_boggle(board)
    return board, best


def mutate_boggle(board):
    i = random.randrange(len(board))
    oldc = board[i]
    # random.choice(boyan_best)
    board[i] = random.choice(random.choice(cubes16))
    return i, oldc

# ______________________________________________________________________________

# Code to compare searchers on various problems.


class InstrumentedProblem(Problem):

    """Delegates to a problem, and keeps statistics."""

    def __init__(self, problem):
        self.problem = problem
        self.succs = self.goal_tests = self.states = 0
        self.found = None

    def actions(self, state):
        self.succs += 1
        return self.problem.actions(state)

    def result(self, state, action):
        self.states += 1
        return self.problem.result(state, action)

    def goal_test(self, state):
        self.goal_tests += 1
        result = self.problem.goal_test(state)
        if result:
            self.found = state
        return result

    def path_cost(self, c, state1, action, state2):
        return self.problem.path_cost(c, state1, action, state2)

    def value(self, state):
        return self.problem.value(state)

    def __getattr__(self, attr):
        return getattr(self.problem, attr)

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<%4d/%4d/%4d/%s>' % (self.succs, self.goal_tests,
                                     self.states, str(self.found)[:4])


def compare_searchers(problems, header,
                      searchers=[breadth_first_tree_search,
                                 breadth_first_search,
                                 depth_first_graph_search,
                                 iterative_deepening_search,
                                 depth_limited_search,
                                 recursive_best_first_search]):
    def do(searcher, problem):
        p = InstrumentedProblem(problem)
        searcher(p)
        return p
    table = [[name(s)] + [do(s, p) for p in problems] for s in searchers]
    print_table(table, header)


def compare_graph_searchers():
    """
    Prints a table of results like this:
    >>> compare_graph_searchers()
    Searcher                      romania_map(A, B)        romania_map(O, N)         australia_map
    breadth_first_tree_search     <  21/  22/  59/B>   <1158/1159/3288/N>    <   7/   8/  22/WA>
    breadth_first_search          <   7/  11/  18/B>   <  19/  20/  45/N>    <   2/   6/   8/WA>
    depth_first_graph_search      <   8/   9/  20/B>   <  16/  17/  38/N>    <   4/   5/  11/WA>
    iterative_deepening_search    <  11/  33/  31/B>   < 656/1815/1812/N>    <   3/  11/  11/WA>
    depth_limited_search          <  54/  65/ 185/B>   < 387/1012/1125/N>    <  50/  54/ 200/WA>
    recursive_best_first_search   <   5/   6/  15/B>   <5887/5888/16532/N>   <  11/12/  43/WA>
    """  # noqa
    compare_searchers(problems=[GraphProblem('Arad', 'Bucharest', romania_map),
                                GraphProblem('Oradea', 'Neamt', romania_map),
                                GraphProblem('Q', 'WA', australia_map)],
                      header=['Searcher', 'romania_map(Arad, Bucharest)',
                              'romania_map(Oradea, Neamt)', 'australia_map'])

# ______________________________________________________________________________

__doc__ += """
Random tests
>>> ' '.join(f.words())
'LID LARES DEAL LIE DIETS LIN LINT TIL TIN RATED ERAS LATEN DEAR TIE LINE INTER
STEAL LATED LAST TAR SAL DITES RALES SAE RETS TAE RAT RAS SAT IDLE TILDES LEAST
IDEAS LITE SATED TINED LEST LIT RASE RENTS TINEA EDIT EDITS NITES ALES LATE
LETS RELIT TINES LEI LAT ELINT LATI SENT TARED DINE STAR SEAR NEST LITAS TIED
SEAT SERAL RATE DINT DEL DEN SEAL TIER TIES NET SALINE DILATE EAST TIDES LINTER
NEAR LITS ELINTS DENI RASED SERA TILE NEAT DERAT IDLEST NIDE LIEN STARED LIER
LIES SETA NITS TINE DITAS ALINE SATIN TAS ASTER LEAS TSAR LAR NITE RALE LAS
REAL NITER ATE RES RATEL IDEA RET IDEAL REI RATS STALE DENT RED IDES ALIEN SET
TEL SER TEN TEA TED SALE TALE STILE ARES SEA TILDE SEN SEL ALINES SEI LASE
DINES ILEA LINES ELD TIDE RENT DIEL STELA TAEL STALED EARL LEA TILES TILER LED
ETA TALI ALE LASED TELA LET IDLER REIN ALIT ITS NIDES DIN DIE DENTS STIED LINER
LASTED RATINE ERA IDLES DIT RENTAL DINER SENTI TINEAL DEIL TEAR LITER LINTS
TEAL DIES EAR EAT ARLES SATE STARE DITS DELI DENTAL REST DITE DENTIL DINTS DITA
DIET LENT NETS NIL NIT SETAL LATS TARE ARE SATI'

>>> boggle_hill_climbing(list('ABCDEFGHI'), verbose=False)
(['E', 'P', 'R', 'D', 'O', 'A', 'G', 'S', 'T'], 123)
"""