Something is amiss in the outpost....

[pinkgothic]

My difficulty lies in that even when I follow the guide an input the sequences that show what letter is in the right place I don't seem to get anywhere...but still..it's kinda fun. Hope I get it right.

By the way..even the 'Easy-Peasy' setting is not all that easy. :)

The important thing to realise is that the result set doesn't tell you which letter is which. Say you enter AABB and the result you get tells you "_ 0 0 0". That means one of the following four things is true:

- The letter at position 1 is A; there is no other A in the code; there is no B in the code at all
- The letter at position 2 is A; there is no other A in the code; there is no B in the code at all
- The letter at position 3 is B; there is no other B in the code; there is no A in the code at all
- The letter at position 4 is B; there is no other B in the code; there is no A in the code at all

I recommend trying until you get the hang of it (there's a thread with some discussion here), but in case you get completely lost or otherwise notice you're not having any fun at all, *cough* you can google for Mastermind solving tools (some format translation will almost surely be necessary, read the instructions of whatever tool you find carefully) - the Mastermind game uses the same information principle. *cough*