Hanoi Solver

Amin Wong Sep 9, 2000

Solves the Towers of Hanoi game in the shortest number of moves, demo included. The delay between moves and the number of rings can be adjusted by the user. Clever!

The JavaScript Source: Games: Hanoi Solver

Simply click inside the window below, use your cursor to highlight the script, and copy (type Control-c or Apple-c) the script into a new file in your text editor (such as Note Pad or Simple Text) and save (Control-s or Apple-s). The script is yours!!!

<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL HANOI SOLVER:

1.  Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
  2.  Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document  -->

<HEAD>

<!-- Begin
var MAXHEIGHT = 8;
var ndisk;
var timer = null;
var mvfrom = new Array(255);
var mvto = new Array(255);
var mv, imv;
var tower = new Array(3);
var h = new Array(3);
var spc = "        ";
var dname = new Array(
"|",
"111",
"22222",
"3333333",
"444444444",
"55555555555",
"6666666666666",
"777777777777777",
"88888888888888888");

<BODY>

<center>
<form name=formHanoi>
<textarea name=display rows=10 cols=56></textarea><br>
<table border=0 cellspacing=10 cellpadding=0>
<tr>
<td>Number of disks</td>
<td><select name=disk>
<option selected value=random>Random
<option value=1>1
<option value=2>2
<option value=3>3
<option value=4>4
<option value=5>5
<option value=6>6
<option value=7>7
<option value=8>8
</select></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Movement delay</td>
<td><select name=delay>
<option value=100>100 milliseconds
<option value=200>200 milliseconds
<option value=300>300 milliseconds
<option value=400>400 milliseconds
<option selected value=500>500 milliseconds
<option value=600>600 milliseconds
<option value=700>700 milliseconds
<option value=800>800 milliseconds
<option value=900>900 milliseconds
<option value=1000>1000 milliseconds
</select></td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type=button value="Start" onClick="init();">
<input type=button value="Stop" onClick="stop();">
</form>
</center>

<p><center>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size="-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br/>
by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></font>
</center><p>

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