COMBINATION_LOCK is a C program which simulates the process of determining the combination of a bicycle lock, which can be thought of as simply an integer between 000 and 999.
This program demonstrates the method of exhaustive search, that is, it searches for an answer by trying every possibility.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
BICYCLE_LOCK is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.
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