the beta yielded is not the expected one, i thinks its a problem in the modulo section , but cannot pinpoint it exactly
tree = [[[5, 1, 2], [8, -8, -9]], [[9, 4, 5], [-3, 4, 3]]]
root = 0
pruned = 0
def children(branch, depth, alpha, beta):
global tree
global root
global pruned
i = 0
for child in branch:
if type(child) is list:
(nalpha, nbeta) = children(child, depth + 1, alpha, beta)
if depth % 2 == 1:
beta = nalpha if nalpha < beta else beta
else:
alpha = nbeta if nbeta > alpha else alpha
branch[i] = alpha if depth % 2 == 0 else beta
i += 1
else:
if depth % 2 == 0 and alpha < child:
alpha = child
if depth % 2 == 1 and beta > child:
beta = child
if alpha >= beta:
pruned += 1
break
if depth == root:
tree = alpha if root == 0 else beta
return (alpha, beta)
def alphabeta(in_tree=tree, start=root, lower=-15, upper=15):
global tree
global pruned
global root
(alpha, beta) = children(tree, start, lower, upper)
if __name__ == "__main__":
print ("(alpha, beta): ", alpha, beta)
print ("Result: ", tree)
print ("Times pruned: ", pruned)
return (alpha, beta, tree, pruned)
if __name__ == "__main__":
alphabeta()
