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bashword : A Wordle-like game in BASH

bashword

 

#!/bin/bash
clear
shopt -s lastpipe
RED="\e[1;31m"
GREEN="\e[1;37;42m"
BROWN="\e[33m"
CYAN="\e[36m"
GRAY="\e[37m"
YELLOW="\e[1;43;30m"
COLOUR=( $GRAY $GREEN $YELLOW )
EOC="\e[0m"
z=$RANDOM
COUNT=0
guessNum=1
CONGRATS=("Extraordinary !" "Superb !" "Well Done" "Not bad" "Just OK... " "Just in time !")
 
# build a WORD array
grep "^.....$"  /usr/share/dict/words|grep -v "[é'[:upper:]]"|
while read word ;do
   WORDS[$COUNT]+=$word
   ((COUNT++))
done  

# select a random 5 letter word
word=${WORDS[$(($RANDOM % ${#WORDS[@]}))]}
echo -e $CYAN"Guess the 5 letter word"
echo -e "The letter clues are colour coded :"$EOC
echo -e "           "$GREEN     "  Correct position   "$EOC
echo -e "           "$YELLOW   "  Incorrect position "$EOC
if [ "$1" == "DEBUG" ] ; then echo "The word is:" $word ;fi

while [ $guessNum -lt  7 ]   
do
  found=0
 while [ $found -eq 0 ] ; do
  echo -e $CYAN"Enter guess no." $guessNum $EOC
  read guess
  while [ ${#guess} -lt 5 ] ;do
    echo "Enter a 5 letter word"
    read guess
  done  
  #check guess is real word
  n=${#WORDS[@]}
  ((n--))
  while [ $n -ge 0 ] ;do
    if [ ${WORDS[$n]} == $guess ] ; then
     found=1
     break
    fi
    ((n--))
  done
  if [ $found -eq 0 ];then
    echo -e $RED"Word not found in list, Try again"$EOC
  fi
 done
 
 # check for correct letter in correct space
 unset testWord
 match=(0 0 0 0 0 )
 for letter in {0..4} ;do
     testWord[$letter]+=${word:$letter:1}  
     if [ ${guess:$letter:1} == ${testWord[$letter]} ]; then
      set $((match[$letter] = 1))
      testWord[$letter]="_"
     fi
 done

# check for correct letters anywhere...  
 for gw in {0..4} ;do
    for tw in {0..4} ;do
     if [ ${testWord[$tw]} == ${guess:$gw:1} ]; then
      if [ ${match[$gw]} -eq 0 ] ;then
         set $((match[$gw] = 2))
         testWord[$tw]="_"
      fi
     fi
  done
 done  

# display matches
 echo " "
 for letter in {0..4} ;do
     echo -en ${COLOUR[${match[$letter]}]}" "${guess:$letter:1} $EOC
 done  
 echo
 echo

 if [ "$guess" ==  "$word" ] ; then
   echo ${CONGRATS[$guessNum-1]}
   echo
   break
 fi
  ((guessNum++))
done

if [ $guessNum -eq 7 ]; then
 echo -e "You ran out of guesses\nThe word was "$word
fi

M5StickC (RF) Remote Control decoder

When tinkering with 433 Mhz RF appliance switches it's handy to easily check what codes they respond to. This is a simple decoder using the RCswitch library

 
#include <M5StickC.h>
#include <RCSwitch.h>

RCSwitch mySwitch = RCSwitch();

int x=0;
int y=4; 
void setup() {
   M5.begin();
   M5.Lcd.setRotation(3);
   Serial.begin(115200); 
   mySwitch.enableReceive(0); 

    //labelled G0 on the "HAT" end of the M5StickC 
}

void loop() {
  if (mySwitch.available()) {
   
    Serial.print("Code ");
    Serial.print( mySwitch.getReceivedValue() );
    Serial.print(" / ");
    Serial.print( mySwitch.getReceivedBitlength() );
    Serial.print("bit ");
    Serial.print("Protocol: ");
    Serial.println(mySwitch.getReceivedProtocol() );
    Serial.print( mySwitch.getReceivedValue() );
    Serial.print(",");
    Serial.print( mySwitch.getReceivedBitlength() );
    Serial.print(",");
    Serial.println( mySwitch.getReceivedProtocol() );
 
    M5.Lcd.fillScreen(TFT_BLACK);
    M5.Lcd.setTextColor(TFT_GREEN, TFT_BLACK);   
    M5.Lcd.setCursor(x, y, 2);
    M5.Lcd.setTextSize(1);
    M5.Lcd.print("Code ");
    M5.Lcd.print( String(mySwitch.getReceivedValue()) );
    M5.Lcd.print(" / ");
    M5.Lcd.print( String(mySwitch.getReceivedBitlength()) );
    M5.Lcd.println("bit ");
    M5.Lcd.print("Protocol: ");
    M5.Lcd.println( String(mySwitch.getReceivedProtocol()) );
    mySwitch.resetAvailable();
     
   } //if mySwitch
}//loop 

What Do Words Mean ?

 What Do Words Mean ?

Internet Time (in C this time)

The plain C version: 

 
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <math.h>

Internet Time (Processing)

In the glorious utopian (comparatively) early internet Swatch thought a universal time system would be a good idea. Wikipedia has an article on it : Swatch Internet Time .

Here is a "@beats" clock in Processing :

import java.util.*;  
int oldbeats=0;   	
Date trialTime;
TimeZone cet;
Calendar calendar ;

void setup() {
  size(120, 120);  
  cet=TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Stockholm");
  calendar = new GregorianCalendar(cet);
}

void draw(){
 
  trialTime = new Date();
  calendar.setTime(trialTime);
  
  int beats =  floor( (calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND) + 
                      (calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE) * 60) + 
                      (calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)  * 3600))
                      / 86.4005529635 );

  if (beats > oldbeats) { 
    oldbeats = beats;
    background(255);
    textSize(40);
    fill(0, 102, 153, 204);
    text("@"+beats, 3, 60); 
  }
  delay(1000); 
}

void mousePressed (){
  exit();
}