Programming for the Puzzled

Puzzle 7: Tile That Courtyard Please

It’s easy to tile a square courtyard with square tiles, but can you tile a square courtyard with L-shaped tiles? What if there is a statue occupying exactly one tile location that doesn’t need to be tiled? Watch this video to discover the answers.

Puzzle Description

• Tile That Courtyard (PDF)

Python Code

• mergesort.py (PY)
• tiling.py (PY)

Assignment

• Do one or more of the exercises in the Tile That Courtyard Please puzzle.

Solution

• tiling-exercise1.py (PY)

Programming Constructs and Algorithmic Paradigms Covered in this Puzzle

• List comprehension basics
• Recursive Divide-and-Conquer search