RosettaCodeData/Task/Amb/Racket/amb.rkt

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Racket

#lang racket
;; A quick `amb' implementation (same as in the Twelve Statements task)
(define failures null)
(define (fail)
(if (pair? failures) ((first failures)) (error "no more choices!")))
(define (amb/thunks choices)
(let/cc k (set! failures (cons k failures)))
(if (pair? choices)
(let ([choice (first choices)]) (set! choices (rest choices)) (choice))
(begin (set! failures (rest failures)) (fail))))
(define-syntax-rule (amb E ...) (amb/thunks (list (lambda () E) ...)))
(define (assert condition) (unless condition (fail)))
;; Problem solution
(define (joins? left right)
(regexp-match? #px"(.)\0\\1" (~a left "\0" right)))
(let ([result (list (amb "the" "that" "a")
(amb "frog" "elephant" "thing")
(amb "walked" "treaded" "grows")
(amb "slowly" "quickly"))])
(for ([x result] [y (cdr result)]) (assert (joins? x y)))
result)
;; -> '("that" "thing" "grows" "slowly")