Why does the autocomplete feature on computer solitaire work?

Question

Isn’t it possible you can lose even after you’ve revealed every card because the order they’re in doesn’t allow you to put them away correctly?

In: Mathematics

Answer 1

Just like you can look at a solitaire game and say “If I play this card, then I can move that card and play what’s under that card…” and so on, a computer can do the same thing but many many times in a row, even 52 times! If the computer gets to a point where all the cards are gone in its mind (and it can’t do that if cards are still unrevealed), then the autocomplete happens, otherwise it won’t!