PureBasic Forums - English

Be carefull how you read 'and'.

If a sign says:

room x is empty and room y is empty

and the sign is false, then this doesn't mean there's something in BOTH rooms, if either room would contain something the sign would still qualify as a lie!

I still stick to my room 7 solution. Bring on the princess and the tigers!

sure, but if the princess is in there, the sign is true ... so that means both
rooms must contain something.

It took me 15 seconds to see that she is in 7...

The savant part of the my brain said room 7, though I'm not about to confuse myself and try to work it out.

Skylt 2 är fel och rum 8 är tomt.

Shouldn't Room 6 read

6. Sign 2 is in the wrong place And Room 8 is empty.

instead of

6. Sign 2 is false and room 8 is empty.

might make a bit of a difference to applying the logic

On each of the eight doors there was a sign. The sign on the door of the princess was true, while the signs on the doors of the tigers were false. The signs on the empty rooms were either true or false.

1. Room 4 is Not empty.
2. Sign 5 is Right And the princess is Not in this room.
3. Rooms 2 And 7 are Not empty.
4. Room 1 is Not empty.
5. Sign 6 is Right.
6. Sign 2 is in the wrong place And Room 8 is empty.
7. The Princess is in a room with an odd number
8. This room contains a tiger And Sign 3 is wrong.

idle wrote:Shouldn't Room 6 read
6. Sign 2 is in the wrong place And Room 8 is empty.
instead of
6. Sign 2 is false and room 8 is empty.

Translations are always a little tricky, but lets have a go at it.
My version of this translation into English, with a touch of logic would be; It does not imply that the sign is in the wrong place, just that Sign-#2's statement is false.

KJ67 wrote: It does not imply that the sign is in the wrong place, just that Sign-#2's statement is false.

Thanks for the clarification, I think I just associated "Wrong" with "Wrong place" from seeing another variation of the puzzle.

idle wrote:

KJ67 wrote: It does not imply that the sign is in the wrong place, just that Sign-#2's statement is false.

Thanks for the clarification, I think I just associated "Wrong" with "Wrong place" from seeing another variation of the puzzle.

translate.google.com translates it as "wrong place", but that is definetely a false translation.