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An effective way to solve cryptographic problems

Hi, I came across this puzzle, which is a subset of the well-known puzzles based on words and numbers called Cryptographic Algorithms . Say you have an expression like

SEND + MORE = MONEY

Now the interesting part is that each alphabet is a unique number from 0 to 9. I wanted to write a generalized solver, but in the end I wrote a rude forced solution for it. Any takers how can I solve this?

I think that this can be solved using predicate logic or set theory. And I'm particularly interested in finding solutions based on C # or Python. Any.?

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This year, PyCon Raymond Hettinger talked about AI programming in Python and reviewed cryptographic cryptography.

A video of the entire conversation can be seen here , and a cookbook with the solution can be found at this link .

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 SEND
 MORE
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MONEY

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Y = (D+E) mod 10
E = ((N+R) + (D+E)/10) mod 10
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void MESDYNR(int m, int s, int e, int d, int y, int n, int r, int v1, int v2, int v3)
        {
            // Solve for O in hundreds position
            // "SEND" + "M?RE" = "M?NEY"
            int carry = (10 * n + d + 10 * r + e) / 100;
            int o = (10 + n - (e + carry))%10;

            if ((v1 == o) || (v2 == o) || (v3 == o)) 
            {
                // check O is valid in thousands position
                if (o == ((10 + (100 * e + 10 * n + d + 100 * o + 10 * r + e) / 1000 + m + s) % 10))
                {
                    // "SEND" + "MORE" = "MONEY"
                    int send = 1000 * s + 100 * e + 10 * n + d;
                    int more = 1000 * m + 100 * o + 10 * r + e;
                    int money = 10000 * m + 1000 * o + 100 * n + 10 * e + y;

                    // Chck this solution
                    if ((send + more) == money)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(send + " + " + more + " = " + money);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        static void MSEDYN(int m, int s, int e, int d, int y, int n, int v1, int v2, int v3, int v4)
        {
            // Solve for R
            // "SEND" + "M*?E" = "M*NEY"
            int carry = (d + e) / 10;
            int r = (10 + e - (n + carry)) % 10;

            if (v1 == r) MESDYNR(m, s, e, d, y, n, r, v2, v3, v4);
            else if (v2 == r) MESDYNR(m, s, e, d, y, n, r, v1, v3, v4);
            else if (v3 == r) MESDYNR(m, s, e, d, y, n, r, v1, v2, v4);
            else if (v4 == r) MESDYNR(m, s, e, d, y, n, r, v1, v2, v3);
        }

        static void MSEDY(int m, int s, int e, int d, int y, int v1, int v2, int v3, int v4, int v5)
        {
            // Pick any value for N
            MSEDYN(m, s, e, d, y, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5);
            MSEDYN(m, s, e, d, y, v2, v1, v3, v4, v5);
            MSEDYN(m, s, e, d, y, v3, v1, v2, v4, v5);
            MSEDYN(m, s, e, d, y, v4, v1, v2, v3, v5);
            MSEDYN(m, s, e, d, y, v5, v1, v2, v3, v4);
        }

        static void MSED(int m, int s, int e, int d, int v1, int v2, int v3, int v4, int v5, int v6)
        {
            // Solve for Y
            // "SE*D" + "M**E" = "M**E?"
            int y = (e + d) % 10;

            if (v1 == y) MSEDY(m, s, e, d, y, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6);
            else if (v2 == y) MSEDY(m, s, e, d, y, v1, v3, v4, v5, v6);
            else if (v3 == y) MSEDY(m, s, e, d, y, v1, v2, v4, v5, v6);
            else if (v4 == y) MSEDY(m, s, e, d, y, v1, v2, v3, v5, v6);
            else if (v5 == y) MSEDY(m, s, e, d, y, v1, v2, v3, v4, v6);
            else if (v6 == y) MSEDY(m, s, e, d, y, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5);
        }

        static void MSE(int m, int s, int e, int v1, int v2, int v3, int v4, int v5, int v6, int v7)
        {
            // "SE**" + "M**E" = "M**E*"
            // Pick any value for D
            MSED(m, s, e, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7);
            MSED(m, s, e, v2, v1, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7);
            MSED(m, s, e, v3, v1, v2, v4, v5, v6, v7);
            MSED(m, s, e, v4, v1, v2, v3, v5, v6, v7);
            MSED(m, s, e, v5, v1, v2, v3, v4, v6, v7);
            MSED(m, s, e, v6, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v7);
            MSED(m, s, e, v7, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6);
        }


        static void MS(int m, int s, int v1, int v2, int v3, int v4, int v5, int v6, int v7, int v8)
        {
            // "S***" + "M***" = "M****"
            // Pick any value for E
            MSE(m, s, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8);
            MSE(m, s, v2, v1, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8);
            MSE(m, s, v3, v1, v2, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8);
            MSE(m, s, v4, v1, v2, v3, v5, v6, v7, v8);
            MSE(m, s, v5, v1, v2, v3, v4, v6, v7, v8);
            MSE(m, s, v6, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v7, v8);
            MSE(m, s, v7, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v8);
            MSE(m, s, v8, v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7);
         }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // M must be 1
            // S must be 8 or 9
            DateTime Start = DateTime.Now;
            MS(1, 8, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 0);
            MS(1, 9, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0);
            Console.WriteLine((DateTime.Now-Start).Milliseconds);
            return;
        }
    }
}
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