Magic Cards PHP

Problem

                The magician arranges 16 cards from one to sixteen in a square grid (4x4). Next, the magician asks a volunteer to choose a card, and tell him which in the four rows the card in located.

                The magician then shuffles the cards and arranges them in a similar square grid. Now the card position have been changed. Again, he asks the volunteer which row his card is located. After the row is located, the magician now announces the card that the volunteer chose.

Write a program that will do the above-mentioned magic. The input file will be given the 2 4x4 arrangement of cards, and the volunteer's chosen row: the row number of the selected card in the first arrangement, and the row number of the selected card in the second arrangement. The rows are numbered 1 to 4 from top to bottom.

Solving this problem

Input (input.in)

The trick has three parts. Line 1, which contains a single integer. This represents the number on how many times it was done (T). The subsequent parts will be a pattern of 1 integer (R) and 4 lines of integers from 1-16. R will represent the row that the person chose, while the next four lines will be the arrangement of the cards.

Output (web browser or text file)

                For every time the magic was done (T). The output will be “Case #T:X” Theoretically, the program should get the integer/card that the volunteer chose. The value of X will depend on how many result does the program have:

1.        If X==1, meaning there is a single card that he chose, X must be equal to the value of the number chosen;

2.       If X>1, meaning there are multiple identical cards in the chosen rows, X must be “Magic Failed!”;

3.       If X <= 0, meaning there are no cards similar in the two card arraignment, X must be “Cheater!”

Sample Input 3 2 2 1 4 3 6 8 7 5 9 12 11 10 14 13 16 15 3 4 5 2 1 11 3 15 6 12 7 10 9 14 13 16 8 2 4 3 2 1 8 7 6 5 12 11 10 9 14 13 16 15 2 1 4 2 3 6 8 7 5 12 11 9 10 13 14 15 16 2 4 2 1 3 7 5 6 8 9 11 12 10 16 15 13 14 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Sample Output Case #1: 7 Case #2: Magic Failed! Case #3: Cheater!

This was our midterm exam in relations with how are we able access and manipulated files with php. Only 2 of us in the subject were able to solve this problem which includes me. However, we have different method of solving these problem and our instructor have also a different way of solving the magic cards problem. Here is mine.

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