fallout_terminal_hack.rb

#/usr/bin/env ruby

# Original http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576590-fallout-3-terminal-hacking-minigame-cracker/


## Get all available words
words = []
loop do
  print "word> "
  line = gets.chomp
  break if line.empty?
  words << line
end

word_matrix = {}
words.each do |word|
  word_matrix[word] = {}
  word_matrix.keys.each do |key|
    match = 0

    key.each_char.with_index do |char, i|
      match += 1 if char == word[i] 
    end
    
    word_matches = word_matrix[key]
    word_matches[word] = match
    word_matches = word_matrix[word]
    word_matches[key] = match
  end
end

word_matrix.keys.each do |key|
  word_matches = word_matrix[key]
  nonzero = 0
  sum = 0
  word_matches.keys.each do |word|
    if word != key
      if word_matches[word] > 0
        nonzero += 1
        sum += word_matches[word]
      end
    end
  end
  if nonzero > 0
    puts "#{key} matches #{nonzero} avg #{sum/nonzero}"
  end
end

narrowed = words.uniq

loop do
  guesses = []
  print "guess> "
  guess = gets.chomp
  break if guess.empty?

  print "matches> "
  matches = gets.chomp.to_i
  word_matches = word_matrix[guess]
  word_matches.keys.each {|word| guesses << word if word_matches[word] == matches }
  
  narrowed = narrowed & guesses.uniq
  narrowed.each {|word| puts word} 
end

__END__


possibility
survivalist
remembering
engineering
influential
eliminating
explanation
discovering
destructive
threatening
mistrusting
containment
nondescript
distinguish
surrounding
programming



remembering matches 15  avg 2
survivalist matches 15  avg 1
surrounding matches 15  avg 2
influential matches 15  avg 1
programming matches 15  avg 2
explanation matches 15  avg 1
threatening matches 15  avg 2
possibility matches 15  avg 1
mistrusting matches 15  avg 3
engineering matches 15  avg 2
eliminating matches 15  avg 2
containment matches 15  avg 1
discovering matches 15  avg 3
nondescript matches 15  avg 1
destructive matches 15  avg 2
distinguish matches 15  avg 2
guess> discovering
matches> 3
destructive
programming
eliminating