RosettaCodeData/Task/Amb/Prolog/amb.pro

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Prolog

amb(E, [E|_]).
amb(E, [_|ES]) :- amb(E, ES).
joins(Left, Right) :-
append(_, [T], Left),
append([R], _, Right),
( T \= R -> amb(_, []) % (explicitly using amb fail as required)
; true ).
amb_example([Word1, Word2, Word3, Word4]) :-
amb(Word1, ["the","that","a"]),
amb(Word2, ["frog","elephant","thing"]),
amb(Word3, ["walked","treaded","grows"]),
amb(Word4, ["slowly","quickly"]),
joins(Word1, Word2),
joins(Word2, Word3),
joins(Word3, Word4).