Preface xi
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 2: Expressive Puzzlers 5
Puzzle 1: Oddity 5
Puzzle 2: Time for a Change 7
Puzzle 3: Long Division 9
Puzzle 4: It's Elementary 11
Puzzle 5: The Joy of Hex 13
Puzzle 6: Multicast 15
Puzzle 7: Swap Meat 17
Puzzle 8: Dos Equis 19
Puzzle 9: Tweedledum 21
Puzzle 10: Tweedledee 23
Chapter 3: Puzzlers with Character 25
Puzzle 11: The Last Laugh 25
Puzzle 12: ABC 27
Puzzle 13: Animal Farm 29
Puzzle 14: Escape Rout 31
Puzzle 15: Hello Whirled 33
Puzzle 16: Line Printer 35
Puzzle 17: Huh? 37
Puzzle 18: String Cheese 39
Puzzle 19: Classy Fire 41
Puzzle 20: What's My Class? 43
Puzzle 21: What's My Class, Take 2 45
Puzzle 22: Dupe of URL 47
Puzzle 23: No Pain, No Gain 49
Chapter 4: Loopy Puzzlers 53
Puzzle 24: A Big Delight in Every Byte 53
Puzzle 25: Inclement Increment 55
Puzzle 26: In the Loop 57
Puzzle 27: Shifty i's 59
Puzzle 28: Looper 61
Puzzle 29: Bride of Looper 63
Puzzle 30: Son of Looper 65
Puzzle 31: Ghost of Looper 67
Puzzle 32: Curse of Looper 69
Puzzle 33: Looper Meets the Wolfman 71
Puzzle 34: Down for the Count 73
Puzzle 35: Minute by Minute 75
Chapter 5: Exceptional Puzzlers 77
Puzzle 36: Indecision 77
Puzzle 37: Exceptionally Arcane 79
Puzzle 38: The Unwelcome Guest 81
Puzzle 39: Hello, Goodbye 83
Puzzle 40: The Reluctant Constructor 85
Puzzle 41: Field and Stream 87
Puzzle 42: Thrown for a Loop 89
Puzzle 43: Exceptionally Unsafe 93
Puzzle 44: Cutting Class 97
Puzzle 45: Exhausting Workout 101
Chapter 6: Classy Puzzlers 105
Puzzle 46: The Case of the Confusing Constructor 105
Puzzle 47: Well, Dog My Cats! 107
Puzzle 48: All I Get Is Static 109
Puzzle 49: Larger Than Life 111
Puzzle 50: Not Your Type 113
Puzzle 51: What's the Point? 115
Puzzle 52: Sum Fun 119
Puzzle 53: Do Your Thing 123
Puzzle 54: Null and Void 125
Puzzle 55: Creationism 127
Chapter 7: Library Puzzlers 131
Puzzle 56: Big Problem 131
Puzzle 57: What's in a Name? 133
Puzzle 58: Making a Hash of It 137
Puzzle 59: What's the Difference? 139
Puzzle 60: One-Liners 141
Puzzle 61: The Dating Game 143
Puzzle 62: The Name Game 145
Puzzle 63: More of the Same 147
Puzzle 64: The Mod Squad 149
Puzzle 65: A Strange Saga of a Suspicious Sort 152
Chapter 8: Classier Puzzlers 157
Puzzle 66: A Private Matter 157
Puzzle 67: All Strung Out 161
Puzzle 68: Shades of Gray 163
Puzzle 69: Fade to Black 165
Puzzle 70: Package Deal 167
Puzzle 71: Import Duty 169
Puzzle 72: Final Jeopardy 171
Puzzle 73: Your Privates Are Showing 173
Puzzle 74: Identity Crisis 175
Puzzle 75: Heads or Tails? 177
Chapter 9: More Library Puzzlers 183
Puzzle 76: Ping Pong 183
Puzzle 77: The Lock Mess Monster 185
Puzzle 78: Reflection Infection 189
Puzzle 79: It's a Dog's Life 193
Puzzle 80: Further Reflection 195
Puzzle 81: Charred Beyond Recognition 197
Puzzle 82: Beer Blast 199
Puzzle 83: Dyslexic Monotheism 201
Puzzle 84: Rudely Interrupted 203
Puzzle 85: Lazy Initialization 205
Chapter 10: Advanced Puzzlers 209
Puzzle 86: Poison-Paren Litter 209
Puzzle 87: Strained Relations 211
Puzzle 88: Raw Deal 213
Puzzle 89: Generic Drugs 217
Puzzle 90: It's Absurd, It's a Pain, It's Superclass! 221
Puzzle 91: Serial Killer 224
Puzzle 92: Twisted Pair 229
Puzzle 93: Class Warfare 231
Puzzle 94: Lost in the Shuffle 233
Puzzle 95: Just Desserts 237
Appendix A Catalog of Traps and Pitfalls 239
Appendix B Notes on the Illusions 259
References 265
Index 271