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cp_is_fun_cp

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First, you must install ortools package in this colab.

python

%pip install ortools

Cryptarithmetic puzzle.

First attempt to solve equation CP + IS + FUN = TRUE where each letter represents a unique digit.

This problem has 72 different solutions in base 10.

python

from ortools.constraint_solver import pywrapcp


def main():
    # Constraint programming engine
    solver = pywrapcp.Solver("CP is fun!")

    base = 10

    # Decision variables.
    digits = list(range(0, base))
    digits_without_zero = list(range(1, base))
    c = solver.IntVar(digits_without_zero, "C")
    p = solver.IntVar(digits, "P")
    i = solver.IntVar(digits_without_zero, "I")
    s = solver.IntVar(digits, "S")
    f = solver.IntVar(digits_without_zero, "F")
    u = solver.IntVar(digits, "U")
    n = solver.IntVar(digits, "N")
    t = solver.IntVar(digits_without_zero, "T")
    r = solver.IntVar(digits, "R")
    e = solver.IntVar(digits, "E")

    # We need to group variables in a list to use the constraint AllDifferent.
    letters = [c, p, i, s, f, u, n, t, r, e]

    # Verify that we have enough digits.
    assert base >= len(letters)

    # Define constraints.
    solver.Add(solver.AllDifferent(letters))

    # CP + IS + FUN = TRUE
    solver.Add(
        p + s + n + base * (c + i + u) + base * base * f
        == e + base * u + base * base * r + base * base * base * t
    )

    solution_count = 0
    db = solver.Phase(letters, solver.INT_VAR_DEFAULT, solver.INT_VALUE_DEFAULT)
    solver.NewSearch(db)
    while solver.NextSolution():
        print(letters)
        # Is CP + IS + FUN = TRUE?
        assert (
            base * c.Value()
            + p.Value()
            + base * i.Value()
            + s.Value()
            + base * base * f.Value()
            + base * u.Value()
            + n.Value()
            == base * base * base * t.Value()
            + base * base * r.Value()
            + base * u.Value()
            + e.Value()
        )
        solution_count += 1
    solver.EndSearch()
    print(f"Number of solutions found: {solution_count}")


main()