RosettaCodeData/Task/ABC-problem/AppleScript/abc-problem-2.applescript

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AppleScript

on canMakeWordWithBlocks(theString, theBlocks)
set stringLen to (count theString)
copy theBlocks to theBlocks
script o
on cmw(c, theBlocks)
set i to 1
repeat until (i > (count theBlocks))
if (character c of theString is in item i of theBlocks) then
if (c = stringLen) then return true
set item i of theBlocks to missing value
set theBlocks to text of theBlocks
if (cmw(c + 1, theBlocks)) then return true
end if
set i to i + 1
end repeat
return false
end cmw
end script
ignoring case -- Make the default case insensitivity explicit.
return ((theString = "") or (o's cmw(1, theBlocks)))
end ignoring
end canMakeWordWithBlocks
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
on task()
set blocks to {"BO", "XK", "DQ", "CP", "NA", "GT", "RE", "TG", "QD", "FS", ¬
"JW", "HU", "VI", "AN", "OB", "ER", "FS", "LY", "PC", "ZM"}
set output to {}
repeat with testWord in {"a", "bark", "book", "treat", "common", "squad", "confuse"}
set end of output to "Can make “" & testWord & "”: " & ¬
canMakeWordWithBlocks(testWord's contents, blocks)
end repeat
return join(output, linefeed)
end task
task()