RosettaCodeData/Task/State-name-puzzle/AppleScript/state-name-puzzle-1.applesc...

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AppleScript

use AppleScript version "2.3.1" -- Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) or later.
use sorter : script ¬
"Custom Iterative Ternary Merge Sort" -- <www.macscripter.net/t/timsort-and-nigsort/71383/3>
on stateNamePuzzle()
script o
property stateNames : {"Alabama", "Alaska", "Arizona", "Arkansas", ¬
"California", "Colorado", "Connecticut", "Delaware", ¬
"Florida", "Georgia", "Hawaii", "Idaho", "Illinois", ¬
"Indiana", "Iowa", "Kansas", "Kentucky", "Louisiana", ¬
"Maine", "Maryland", "Massachusetts", "Michigan", ¬
"Minnesota", "Mississippi", "Missouri", "Montana", ¬
"Nebraska", "Nevada", "New Hampshire", "New Jersey", ¬
"New Mexico", "New York", "North Carolina", "North Dakota", ¬
"Ohio", "Oklahoma", "Oregon", "Pennsylvania", "Rhode Island", ¬
"South Carolina", "South Dakota", "Tennessee", "Texas", ¬
"Utah", "Vermont", "Virginia", ¬
"Washington", "West Virginia", "Wisconsin", "Wyoming", ¬
"New Kory", "Wen Kory", "York New", "Kory New", "New Kory"}
property workList : {}
-- Custom comparison handler for the sort.
on isGreater(a, b)
return (beginning of a > beginning of b)
end isGreater
end script
ignoring case
-- Remove duplicates.
repeat with i from 1 to (count o's stateNames)
set thisName to o's stateNames's item i
if ({thisName} is not in o's workList) then set end of o's workList to thisName
end repeat
set o's stateNames to o's workList
-- Build a list of lists containing unique pairs of names preceded by
-- text composed of their combined and sorted visible characters.
set o's workList to {}
set stateCount to (count o's stateNames)
repeat with i from 1 to (stateCount - 1)
set name1 to o's stateNames's item i
repeat with j from (i + 1) to stateCount
set name2 to o's stateNames's item j
set chrs to (name1 & name2)'s characters
tell sorter to sort(chrs, 1, -1, {})
set end of o's workList to {join(chrs, "")'s word 1, {name1, name2}}
end repeat
end repeat
-- Sort the lists on the character strings
set pairCount to (count o's workList)
tell sorter to sort(o's workList, 1, pairCount, {comparer:o})
-- Look for groups of equal character strings and match
-- associated name pairs not containing the same name(s).
set output to {}
set l to 1
repeat while (l < pairCount)
set chrs to beginning of o's workList's item l
set r to l
repeat while ((r < pairCount) and (beginning of o's workList's item (r + 1) = chrs))
set r to r + 1
end repeat
if (r > l) then
repeat with i from l to (r - 1)
set {name1, name2} to end of o's workList's item i
set text1 to join(result, " and ") & " --> "
repeat with j from (i + 1) to r
set pair2 to end of o's workList's item j
if (not (({name1} is in pair2) or ({name2} is in pair2))) then
set end of output to text1 & join(pair2, " and ")
end if
end repeat
end repeat
end if
set l to r + 1
end repeat
end ignoring
return join(output, linefeed)
end stateNamePuzzle
on join(lst, delim)
set astid to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to delim
set txt to lst as text
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to astid
return txt
end join
stateNamePuzzle()