#!/usr/bin/perl -wT use strict; my $word = shift || 'abcdee'; my $dict = '/usr/dict/words'; run_tests() if $word eq 'run_tests'; my $mask = wordmask($word); open(my $in, '<', $dict) or die "cant open $dict : $!"; while(<$in>) { chomp; next unless length($_) eq length($mask); my $wordmask = wordmask($_); print "$_\n" if $wordmask eq $mask; } sub wordmask { my $word = shift; $word =~ tr/a-z/A-Z/; return 'ERROR' unless $word =~ /^[A-Z]+$/; my $letter = 'a'; while ($word =~ /([A-Z])/) { $word =~ s/$1/$letter/g; $letter++; } return $word; } sub run_tests { eval "use Test::More tests => 4"; is( wordmask('abc'), 'abc' ); is( wordmask('ally'), 'abbc' ); is( wordmask('ggl'), 'aab' ); is( wordmask('*()'), 'ERROR' ); exit; }