Example program solving BIO'98 Round One Question 3

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To run the program:

  1. Click on the 'Start BIO98R1Q3App' button. The program is now running.
  2. Click inside the text window to activate keyboard input to the program.
  3. Type in your input as required by the program.
  4. To re-run the program click on the button to 'Stop' the program, then click 'Start' again.
The application asks you to type in an alphametic (cryptarithm) such as SEND+MORE=MONEY. The first line you enter should be the number of lines n, from 3 to 6, that follow. Enter n additional lines of up to 10 characters. The program will find and display all solutions that exist for an addition alphametic with these words, as required for question 3(a).

To display the solutions to 3(d) - there are many! - enter -1 as the number of lines.

BIO'98 Round One
BIO'99 Sample paper

Running the program with Java outside a browser

If you have a Java runtime interpreter installed on your computer, you can run the program without using a browser. You need to download the files BIO98R1Q3App.class and AppletConsoleApp.class to your computer. In the directory containing these files, execute the application BIO98R1Q3App.class with the command 
java BIO98R1Q3App.class
substituting the name of your Java runtime interpreter for java. Alternatively, follow the instructions given in your Java documentation.

Obtaining a Java runtime interpreter

Free Java runtime interpreters are available for most major computer systems. See Sun's Java website for details (look for 'Java Runtime Environment').

Solution copyright (c) 1998 The British Informatics Olympiad (BIO).

This program may be freely copied by persons or organisations involved in the British Informatics Olympiad or the International Olympiad in Informatics, on condition that no changes are made and this notice is not altered. Distribution for profit is forbidden unless permission is first obtained in writing from the BIO.

This program is for educational purposes only and comes with no warranty, implied or otherwise, as to its fitness for any purpose.

Author: Antony Rix
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