RosettaCodeData/Task/Amb/C/amb.c

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typedef const char * amb_t;
amb_t amb(size_t argc, ...)
{
amb_t *choices;
va_list ap;
int i;
if(argc) {
choices = malloc(argc*sizeof(amb_t));
va_start(ap, argc);
i = 0;
do { choices[i] = va_arg(ap, amb_t); } while(++i < argc);
va_end(ap);
i = 0;
do { TRY(choices[i]); } while(++i < argc);
free(choices);
}
FAIL;
}
int joins(const char *left, const char *right) { return left[strlen(left)-1] == right[0]; }
int _main() {
const char *w1,*w2,*w3,*w4;
w1 = amb(3, "the", "that", "a");
w2 = amb(3, "frog", "elephant", "thing");
w3 = amb(3, "walked", "treaded", "grows");
w4 = amb(2, "slowly", "quickly");
if(!joins(w1, w2)) amb(0);
if(!joins(w2, w3)) amb(0);
if(!joins(w3, w4)) amb(0);
printf("%s %s %s %s\n", w1, w2, w3, w4);
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}