RosettaCodeData/Task/Zebra-puzzle/00-TASK.txt

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The [[wp:Zebra puzzle|Zebra puzzle]], a.k.a. Einstein's Riddle,
is a logic puzzle which is to be solved programmatically.
It has several variants, one of them this:
:#   There are five houses.
:#   The English man lives in the red house.
:#   The Swede has a dog.
:#   The Dane drinks tea.
:#   The green house is immediately to the left of the white house.
:#   They drink coffee in the green house.
:#   The man who smokes Pall Mall has a bird.
:#   In the yellow house they smoke Dunhill.
:#   In the middle house they drink milk.
:#   The Norwegian lives in the first house.
:#   The Blend-smoker lives in the house next to the house with a cat.
:#   In a house next to the house with a horse, they smoke Dunhill.
:#   The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
:#   The German smokes Prince.
:#   The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
:#   They drink water in a house next to the house where they smoke Blend.
<br>The question is, who owns the zebra? For clarity, each of the five houses is painted a different color, and their inhabitants are of different nationalities, own different pets, drink different beverages and smoke different brands of cigarettes.
Additionally, list the solution for all the houses.
<br>Optionally, show the solution is unique.
;Related tasks:
* &nbsp; [[Dinesman's multiple-dwelling problem]]
* &nbsp; [[Twelve statements]]
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