DM4 Index of Exercises

Index of Exercises

The first page reference given is to the exercise and the second to the solution.

1. mushroom picking, 80, 435.
2. Square Chamber, 81, 435.
3. “(first opening door)”, 90, 436.
4. “(first unlocking door)”, 90, 436.
5. before on second noun, 91, 437.
6. orange cloud, 110, 438.
7. diverted drops, 110, 438.
8. confused exits, 113, 438.
9. Maya directions, 114, 439.
10. an “xyzzy” direction, 114, 439.
11. east becomes west, 114, 439.
12. “east” becomes “west”, 114, 440.
13. two-way connections, 114, 440.
14. pair of silk gloves, 117, 440.
15. musical box, 119, 441.
16. acquisitive bag, 120, 442.
17. glass and steel boxes, 121, 442.
18. television set, 121, 442.
19. macramé bag, 121, 443.
20. plank bridge, 124, 444.
21. illusory door, 124, 444.
22. cage to open and enter, 128, 445.
23. car driving on roads, 129, 445.
24. pushing ball uphill, 130, 446.
25. Tyndale's Bible, 132, 446.
26. bearded psychiatrist, 137, 448.
27. guidance computer, 139, 448.
28. removing conversation actions, 139, 448.
29. game of Simon Says, 140, 449.
30. Charlotte clapping, 140, 449.
31. Dyslexic Dan, 140, 450.
32. grammar for Dan only, 141, 451.
33. alarm clock, 141, 451.
34. tricorder, 141, 452.
35. replicator, 141, 452.
36. communications badge, 141, 453.
37. Zen flight computer, 142, 454.
38. Picard and Maharg, 142, 455.
39. Martha the telepath, 142, 455.
40. darkness, abolition of, 145, 456.
41. troll afraid of the dark, 146, 456.
42. thief who wanders, 148, 457.
43. weight monitoring, 148, 457.
44. an egg-timer, 148, 459.
45. sound of scuttling claws, 149, 460.
46. harder scuttling claws, 149, 460.
47. midnight, 150, 460.
48. nightfall and daybreak, 150, 461.
49. mid-air location, 150, 462.
50. long time-scale game, 150, 462.
51. player reacting before, 156, 462.
52. silencing player, 156, 462.
53. the player's wayhel, 157, 462.
54. where there's a wayhel…, 157, 463.
55. the hidden burial shaft, 157, 463.
56. Giant with conscience, 158, 465.
57. chessboard of rooms, 164, 465.
58. quotations in boxes, 165, 465.
59. varying the prompt, 191, 466.
60. remove rules with library messages, 191, 466.
61. add rules with library messages, 191, 466.
62. printing pronouns, 194, 467.
63. chessboard of sixty-four locations, 196, 467.
64. inventory inside box, 197, 469.
65. very verbose mode, 200, 469.
66. double inventory, 203, 470.
67. Scrabble pieces, 204, 470.
68. denominations of coin, 205, 471.
69. I Ching coins, 205, 471.
70. alphabetically sorted objects, 205, 474.
71. tomato in red or green, 210, 475.
72. artiste formerly known as Princess, 210, 475.
73. drinks machine, 210, 476.
74. parsing names like the parser, 210, 478.
75. parsing adjectives, 210, 478.
76. referring to objects by number, 210, 478.
77. wild-card name, 210, 478.
78. multiple-wild-card, 210, 478.
79. the ‘Spellbreaker’ cubes, 213, 479.
80. cherubim plural, 214, 481.
81. genie muddling black and white, 215, 481.
82. printing dummy verb, 221, 482.
83. footnotes, 226, 482.
84. French numbers, 228, 483.
85. token resulting in multiple-object, 228, 483.
86. floating-point numbers, 228, 484.
87. phone numbers, 228, 485.
88. parsing times of day, 228, 485.
89. spaceship control panel, 228, 488.
90. parsing any quoted text, 229, 489.
91. third noun for parser, 229, 489.
92. parsing Inform numbers, 229, 490.
93. and constant names, 229, 490.
94. and character constants, 229, 491.
95. and attribute names, 229, 491.
96. and property names, 229, 492.
97. “scope” verb, 232, 492.
98. “megalook” verb, 232, 493.
99. everything in scope, 234, 493.
100. room divided by glass window, 235, 493.
101. dwarf breathing in dark, 235, 495.
102. player's nose, 236, 496.
103. sterilising machine, 236, 497.
104. red sticky label, 236, 498.
105. “lock” and “unlock” inferring keys, 239, 499.
106. faintly lit rooms, 240, 499.
107. dative case suffix, 255, 500.
108. pronominal adverb, 255, 501.
109. Swedish agreement, 255, 501.
110. donne-lui l'oiseau, 268, 502.
111. dessus et dedans, 268, 502.
112. shifting tail of buffer, 268, 503.
113. German da + preposition, 268, 503.
114. “gna” verb, 270, 504.
115. Italian contractions, 271, 505.
116. article sets in French, 272, 505.
117. article sets in Italian, 272, 505.
118. Latin contractions, 272, 506.
119. French numbers, 273, 506.
120. printing the time, 273, 507.
121. French pronouns, 277, 507.
122. printf routine, 310, 507.
123. title page, 311, 508.
124. status line invisible, 311, 508.
125. … showing treasure, 312, 509.
126. … with compass rose, 312, 509.
127. … with centred room, 312, 510.
128. wavy margins, 314, 511.
129. press any key, 317, 511.
130. is a key held down?, 317, 511.
131. hurrying the player, 317, 511.
132. making the player's mind up for her, 317, 511.
133. real-time hourglass, 317, 512.
134. mouse testing, 318, 513.
135. menu of common commands, 318, 514.
136. saving the character, 319, 515.
137. ghosts, 319, 515.
138. exception handler for actions, 320, 515.