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package main | |
import ( | |
"fmt" | |
"strconv" | |
) | |
func MakeTwentyFour(nums []int) (expr string, found bool) { | |
// in reality, as long as len(nums) >= 1, this function just works. | |
// Just to be conformed with the problem I'm trying to solve here. | |
_assertEqual(4, len(nums)) | |
var fnums []float64 | |
var exprs []string | |
for _, num := range nums { | |
fnums = append(fnums, float64(num)) | |
exprs = append(exprs, strconv.Itoa(num)) | |
} | |
found, expr = solve(fnums, exprs) | |
return | |
} | |
func solve(nums []float64, exprs []string) (found bool, solution string) { | |
_assertEqual(true, len(nums) >= 1) | |
_assertEqual(len(nums), len(exprs)) | |
if len(nums) == 1 { | |
return nums[0] == 24, exprs[0] | |
} | |
// iterate through all possible pairs of numbers from nums. | |
for i := 0; i < len(nums); i++ { | |
for j := 0; j < len(nums); j++ { | |
if i == j { | |
continue | |
} | |
nextExprs := make([]string, 0, len(exprs)-1) | |
nextNums := make([]float64, 0, len(nums)-1) | |
for k := 0; k < len(nums); k++ { | |
if k == i || k == j { | |
continue | |
} | |
nextExprs = append(nextExprs, exprs[k]) | |
nextNums = append(nextNums, nums[k]) | |
} | |
for _, op := range []byte{'+', '-', '*', '/'} { | |
var num float64 | |
switch op { | |
case '+': | |
num = nums[i] + nums[j] | |
case '-': | |
num = nums[i] - nums[j] | |
case '*': | |
num = nums[i] * nums[j] | |
case '/': | |
num = nums[i] / nums[j] | |
} | |
nextNums = append(nextNums, num) | |
nextExprs = append(nextExprs, | |
fmt.Sprintf("(%s%c%s)", exprs[i], op, exprs[j])) | |
if found, solution = solve(nextNums, nextExprs); found { | |
return | |
} | |
nextNums = nextNums[:len(nextNums)-1] | |
nextExprs = nextExprs[:len(nextExprs)-1] | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return false, "" | |
} | |
func _assertEqual(expected, actual interface{}) { | |
if expected != actual { | |
panic("assertion failed") | |
} | |
} | |
func main() { | |
cases := [][]int{ | |
{1, 1, 1, 1}, | |
{2, 2, 2, 2}, | |
{3, 3, 3, 3}, | |
{4, 4, 4, 4}, | |
{5, 5, 5, 5}, | |
{6, 6, 6, 6}, | |
{3, 3, 7, 7}, | |
{1, 2, 3, 4}, | |
{2, 3, 4, 5}, | |
{3, 4, 5, 6}, | |
{4, 5, 6, 7}, | |
{5, 6, 7, 8}, | |
{6, 7, 8, 9}, | |
{7, 8, 9, 10}, | |
{3, 8, 4, 5}, | |
{3, 3, 7, 9}, | |
{13, 3, 13, 1}, | |
{11, 3, 7, 2}, | |
} | |
for _, nums := range cases { | |
expr, found := MakeTwentyFour(nums) | |
if !found { | |
fmt.Printf("%v: not found\n", nums) | |
} else { | |
fmt.Printf("%v: %s\n", nums, expr) | |
} | |
} | |
// [1 1 1 1]: not found | |
// [2 2 2 2]: not found | |
// [3 3 3 3]: ((3*(3*3))-3) | |
// [4 4 4 4]: ((4+4)+(4*4)) | |
// [5 5 5 5]: ((5*5)-(5/5)) | |
// [6 6 6 6]: ((6+6)+(6+6)) | |
// [3 3 7 7]: (7*(3+(3/7))) | |
// [1 2 3 4]: (4*(3+(1+2))) | |
// [2 3 4 5]: (4*(5-(2-3))) | |
// [3 4 5 6]: (6*(5+(3-4))) | |
// [4 5 6 7]: (4*(7+(5-6))) | |
// [5 6 7 8]: ((5+7)*(8-6)) | |
// [6 7 8 9]: ((6*8)/(9-7)) | |
// [7 8 9 10]: ((8*9)/(10-7)) | |
// [3 8 4 5]: (4*((3+8)-5)) | |
// [3 3 7 9]: ((3-7)*(3-9)) | |
// [13 3 13 1]: ((13-3)+(13+1)) | |
// [11 3 7 2]: ((11*3)-(7+2)) | |
} |
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