RosettaCodeData/Task/Topswops/Perl/topswops.pl

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Raku

sub next_swop {
my( $max, $level, $p, $d ) = @_;
my $swopped = 0;
for( 2..@$p ){ # find possibilities
my @now = @$p;
if( $_ == $now[$_-1] ) {
splice @now, 0, 0, reverse splice @now, 0, $_;
$swopped = 1;
next_swop( $max, $level+1, \@now, [ @$d ] );
}
}
for( 1..@$d ) { # create possibilities
my @now = @$p;
my $next = shift @$d;
if( not $now[$next-1] ) {
$now[$next-1] = $next;
splice @now, 0, 0, reverse splice @now, 0, $next;
$swopped = 1;
next_swop( $max, $level+1, \@now, [ @$d ] );
}
push @$d, $next;
}
$$max = $level if !$swopped and $level > $$max;
}
sub topswops {
my $n = shift;
my @d = 2..$n;
my @p = ( 1, (0) x ($n-1) );
my $max = 0;
next_swop( \$max, 0, \@p, \@d );
return $max;
}
printf "Maximum swops for %2d cards: %2d\n", $_, topswops $_ for 1..10;