My personal solution was to generate expressions using a recursive function, then I wrote an interpreter to solve the expressions properly. That was the most scalable solution I found at the time.
"I really don't think you have anything to worry about, Charlie Brown. After all, science has shown that a person's character isn't really established until he's at least five years old."
"I really don't think you have anything to worry about, Charllie Brown. After all, science has shown athat a persons' character isn't really established until he's at least five years old."
@Stevo please tell me it was the extreme in one direction or another (e.g. a page in the dictionary vs a page in one fish two fish red fish blue fish).
Yes, but you don't explain how you got there. It's a logical-deduction puzzle, so there's going to be a logical explanation for why you can't get below a certain number.
Resonate me to leave me whole.
Tamper with me to leave me good.
Gather me to leave me alone.
Trim me to leave me empty.
What would happen if you retrieve me then?
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but still there should be some reasonable amount of detail that, while you may be able to solve certain parts of an enigmatic puzzle from the get-go, the essence of the matter is that the solve process is not straightforward, and requires careful thought to decipher
or
maybe may not even require careful thought
but is at least reasonably concealed by the author
So an enigmatic puzzle often, but not always, leaves its first steps unclear. Enigmatic puzzles leave components of either the puzzle goal or solving process unclear to the solver.
Enigmatic puzzles may contain misdirections and deceptions ("red herrings") intended to lead the solver away from the intended solve path. A good enigmatic puzzle involving red herrings will also have good hints leading towards the correct solve path, so that solvers do not waste all their time pursuing fruitless avenues of inquiry.
When you post an answer to an enigmatic puzzle, it is usually a good idea to explicitly specify how each element of the puzzle known at present contributes to the next step in solving the puzzle. In this way, readers can clearly understand the elements of the puzzle and how they lead to the solution. Writing an answer with too few details is discouraged for most questions, and is highly problematic for enigmatic puzzles.
This is because enigmatic puzzles are by nature harder to understand, so omissions or poor explanations can make it impossible for readers to follow the answerer's logic.