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= Assignment 2: Word Ladder = = Assignment 2: Ordered Word Ladders =
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A ''word ladder'' is a sequence of words
 * which are in alphabetic order
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each word in the sequence differs from its predecessor by
  * changing one letter, e.g. ''born→barn''
  * adding or removing one letter, e.g. ''band→brand''
An ''ordered word ladder'' is an alphabetically-ordered sequence of words where each word in the sequence differs from its predecessor by:
 1. changing one letter, e.g. ''barn→born''
 1. adding or removing one letter, e.g. ''band→brand''
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The following are examples of word ladders of different length (that could each easily be made longer):
 * ''big→bit→bat→boat'', length 4
 * ''cold→cord→word→ward→warm'', length 5
 * ''line→fine→five→dive→live→like→lake→take→bake→cake→fake'', length 11
The following are examples of word ladders of different length:
 * ''ban→bar→boar→boat→goat'', length 5
 * ''cab→can→cane→dane→date→mate→mite→site→size'', length 9

At the heart of the assignment is a function that compares 2 strings and returns ''true'' if the strings satisfy one of the 2 conditions above, and ''false'' otherwise.
This function could have the signature:
{{{#!cplusplus
bool areOwl(char *, char *)
}}}
Write such a function.

Assignment 2: Ordered Word Ladders

An ordered word ladder is an alphabetically-ordered sequence of words where each word in the sequence differs from its predecessor by:

  1. changing one letter, e.g. barn→born

  2. adding or removing one letter, e.g. band→brand

The following are examples of word ladders of different length:

  • ban→bar→boar→boat→goat, length 5

  • cab→can→cane→dane→date→mate→mite→site→size, length 9

At the heart of the assignment is a function that compares 2 strings and returns true if the strings satisfy one of the 2 conditions above, and false otherwise. This function could have the signature:

   1 bool areOwl(char *, char *)

Write such a function.

Assignment2 (last edited 2019-07-31 22:35:13 by AlbertNymeyer)