#include #include #include #include #include typedef std::pair item_t; typedef std::vector list_t; bool can_make_word(const std::string& w, const list_t& vals) { std::set used; while (used.size() < w.size()) { const char c = toupper(w[used.size()]); uint32_t x = used.size(); for (uint32_t i = 0, ii = vals.size(); i < ii; ++i) { if (used.find(i) == used.end()) { if (toupper(vals[i].first) == c || toupper(vals[i].second) == c) { used.insert(i); break; } } } if (x == used.size()) break; } return used.size() == w.size(); } int main() { list_t vals{ {'B','O'}, {'X','K'}, {'D','Q'}, {'C','P'}, {'N','A'}, {'G','T'}, {'R','E'}, {'T','G'}, {'Q','D'}, {'F','S'}, {'J','W'}, {'H','U'}, {'V','I'}, {'A','N'}, {'O','B'}, {'E','R'}, {'F','S'}, {'L','Y'}, {'P','C'}, {'Z','M'} }; std::vector words{"A","BARK","BOOK","TREAT","COMMON","SQUAD","CONFUSE"}; for (const std::string& w : words) { std::cout << w << ": " << std::boolalpha << can_make_word(w,vals) << ".\n"; } }