/* ideone barked at the definition of L, but this      v "int" fixed it */
d,M,N,A[9999][2];char*(R[9999][20]),b[1000];L(char**s,int n){char*j[20],c,a=0;int x[n],y=n-1,z,i,t,m=0,w=1;for(;y;)x[y--]=999;for(;y<N;y++){for(i=0;i<n&&s[i]==R[y][i];i++);if(i/n){a=A[y][0];m=A[y][1];w=0;if(m+d<M||!a)goto J;else{c=a;goto K;}}}for(c=97;w&&c<'{';c++){K:t=1,y=1,z=1;for(i=0;i<n;j[i++]++){for(j[i]=s[i];*j[i]-c;j[i]++)t&=!!*j[i];y&=j[i]-s[i]>x[i]?z=0,1:0;}t&=!y;I:if(t){if(z)for(i=0;i<n;i++)x[i]=j[i]-s[i];d++,t+=L(j,n),d--,m=t>m?a=c,t:m;}}if(w){for(y=0;y<n;y++)R[N][y]=s[y];A[N][0]=a;A[N++][1]=m;}J:if(d+m>=M)M=d+m,b[d]=a;if(!d)N=0,M=0,puts(b);return m;}

#include "stdio.h"
#include "time.h"

#define SIZE_ARRAY(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*x))

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    /* Our test case */
    char* test7[] = {
        "nqrualgoedlf",
        "jgqorzglfnpa",
        "fgttvnogldfx",
        "pgostsulyfug",
        "sgnhoyjlnfvr",
        "wdttgkolfkbt"
    };

    printf("Test 7:\n\t");
    clock_t start = clock();

    /* The call to L */
    int size = L(test7, SIZE_ARRAY(test7));


    double dt = ((double)(clock() - start)) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
    printf("\tSize: %d\n", size);
    printf("\tElapsed time: %lf s\n", dt);

    return 0;
}