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Possible expressions involving the digits 1-9 and operators "-" and "+"
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def expressions(nums) | |
first, second = nums.slice(0, nums.length/2), nums.slice(nums.length/2, nums.length) | |
if first == "" | |
return [second] | |
end | |
left_sub = expressions(first) | |
right_sub = expressions(second) | |
exprs = [] | |
left_sub.each do |l| | |
right_sub.each do |r| | |
exprs << "#{l}+#{r}" | |
exprs << "#{l}-#{r}" | |
exprs << "#{l}#{r}" | |
end | |
end | |
return exprs | |
end | |
expressions("123456789").map {|expr| [expr, eval(expr)] }.select{ |expr,total| total == 100 }.each {|expr, _| puts expr} | |
# 1+2+3-4+5+6+78+9 | |
# 1+23-4+5+6+78-9 | |
# 1+23-4+56+7+8+9 | |
# 1+2+34-5+67-8+9 | |
# 12+3+4+5-6-7+89 | |
# 123+4-5+67-89 | |
# 123+45-67+8-9 | |
# 12+3-4+5+67+8+9 | |
# 12-3-4+5-6+7+89 | |
# 123-4-5-6-7+8-9 | |
# 123-45-67+89 |
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