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Mehdi Dana GCHQ puzzle 1

Created by Mehdi Dana

File gchq1.php Added

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+<?php
+
+// http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5wkxjTtqRvq8Cyrrjxtk7tc/puzzle-for-today
+
+$n = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
+$s = ['', '+', '-'];
+$co = [];
+
+for ($i1 = 0; $i1 < 3; $i1++) {
+    for ($i2 = 0; $i2 < 3; $i2++) {
+        for ($i3 = 0; $i3 < 3; $i3++) {
+            for ($i4 = 0; $i4 < 3; $i4++) {
+                for ($i5 = 0; $i5 < 3; $i5++) {
+                    for ($i6 = 0; $i6 < 3; $i6++) {
+                        for ($i7 = 0; $i7 < 3; $i7++) {
+                            for ($i8 = 0; $i8 < 3; $i8++) {
+                                $co[] = [$s[$i1], $s[$i2], $s[$i3], $s[$i4], $s[$i5], $s[$i6], $s[$i7], $s[$i8]];
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+foreach ($co as $c) {
+    $t = $n[0] . $c[0] . $n[1] . $c[1] . $n[2] . $c[2] . $n[3] . $c[3] . $n[4] . $c[4] . $n[5] . $c[5] . $n[6] . $c[6] . $n[7] . $c[7] . $n[8];
+
+    $to = eval('return ' . $t . ';');
+    if ($to == 100) {
+        echo $t . '=' . $to . PHP_EOL;
+    }
+}
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