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(*
Problem 31 - Coin sums
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In England the currency is made up of pound, £, and pence, p, and there are eight coins in general circulation:
1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 (100p) and £2 (200p).
It is possible to make £2 in the following way:
1×£1 + 1×50p + 2×20p + 1×5p + 1×2p + 3×1p
How many different ways can £2 be made using any number of coins?
*)
let targetAmount = 200
let coins = [ 200; 100; 50; 20; 10; 5; 2; 1 ]
let rec coinCombs coin target =
if target < 0 then 0
elif target = 0 then 1
else
coins
|> List.filter (fun c -> c <= coin && (target-c) >= 0)
|> List.map (fun c -> coinCombs c (target-c))
|> List.sum
coins
|> List.map (fun coin -> coinCombs coin (targetAmount-coin))
|> List.sum
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