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Just another Perl shrine  (Golf) mobile phone numbers -&gt;
words  by mischief (Hermit) on May 29, 2001 at 13:53 UTC
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I've been fiddling around with mobiles recently and playing with
perl to get it to give me a list of possible words I could use
instead of the number. Who can come up with the shortest sub
that would calculate the possible combinations for a given
number, check them against /usr/share/dict/words, and return the
possibles as a list?  I have to say, my attempt is pitiful and
it's not worth posting, but I'd be interested to see other
people's.  BTW, just in case anyone's wondering, this is not a
homework assignment or anything - I just think it's an
interesting puzzle.  Comment on (Golf) mobile phone numbers
-&gt; words Re: (Golf) mobile phone numbers - words by Masem
(Monsignor) on May 29, 2001 at 15:35 UTC     Not a solution,
just helping others to solve the problem: