Re: C++ help

From:
p.lepin@ctncorp.com
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
5 Mar 2007 05:54:54 -0800
Message-ID:
<1173102894.424994.272930@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>
On Mar 5, 3:54 am, Kai-Uwe Bux <jkherci...@gmx.net> wrote:

roy axenov wrote:


[2-, 7- and 9-cent stamps]

Here's what seems to be a general solution (the only
problem with it is that its efficiency borders on that
of bogosort):


[code]

Nice, the first correct solution I have seen in this
thread. But it really gets a little slow on larger
numbers.


Well, using the ideas mentioned earlier in the thread it is
relatively easy to achieve a significant improvement in
performance, at least for the 2-7-9 case. There's still a
noticeable decrease in performance for 3-13-14-15 case, and
something like 3-5-112-1113-10001 would be outright scary.

I wonder if the period is always equal to the largest
coefficient for suffiently large n? It seems so even though
it's kinda counter-intuitive.

Also, it does not give all solutions.


Actually, the code posted seems to find all the
solutions... It just doesn't bother remembering them all.

Try producing this output:


[sample output]

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <map>

const int stamp_1 = 2 ;
const int stamp_2 = 7 ;
const int stamp_3 = 9 ;

namespace xyz
{
  class dio
  {
    public :
      dio ( const std :: vector < int > & c ) ;

      std :: vector < std :: map < int , int > > solve
        ( int s ) const
        { return slv ( s , m_ . begin ( ) ) ; }

    private :
      std :: map < int , int > m_ ;

      std :: vector < std :: map < int , int > > slv
      (
        int s ,
        std :: map < int , int > :: const_iterator im
      ) const ;

      static int trl
      (
        const std :: map < int , int > & x ,
        int ( * f ) ( const std :: pair < int , int > & )
      ) ;

      static int eff
        ( const std :: pair < int , int > & x )
        { return x . second ; }
      static int ttl
        ( const std :: pair < int , int > & x )
        { return x . first * x . second ; }
  } ;

  dio :: dio ( const std :: vector < int > & c )
  {
    for
    (
      std :: vector < int > :: const_iterator ic =
        c . begin ( ) ;
      ic != c . end ( ) ; ++ ic
    )
    {
      m_ [ * ic ] = 0 ;
      for
      (
        std :: vector < int > :: const_iterator jc =
          ic + 1 ;
        jc != c . end ( ) ; ++ jc
      )
        if ( * jc > m_ [ * ic ] ) m_ [ * ic ] = * jc ;
    }
  }

  int dio :: trl
  (
    const std :: map < int , int > & x ,
    int ( * f ) ( const std :: pair < int , int > & )
  )
  {
    int result = 0 ;
    for
    (
      std :: map < int , int > :: const_iterator i =
        x . begin ( ) ;
      i != x . end ( ) ; ++ i
    )
      result += ( * f ) ( * i ) ;
    return result ;
  }

  std :: vector < std :: map < int , int > > dio :: slv
  (
    int s ,
    std :: map < int , int > :: const_iterator im
  ) const
  {
    std :: vector < std :: map < int , int > > result ;
    int best = 0 ;

    if ( im != m_ . end ( ) )
    {
      std :: map < int , int > empty ;
      empty [ 0 ] = 1 ;
      result . push_back ( empty ) ;

      int cur_c = ( * im ) . first ;
      int div_c = s / cur_c ;
      int max_c =
        std :: min ( ( * im ) . second , div_c ) ;

      std :: map < int , int > tmp ;

      ++ im ;

      if ( max_c )
      {
        for ( int i = 0 ; i <= max_c ; ++ i )
        {
          std :: vector < std :: map < int , int > > sols =
            slv ( s - cur_c * i , im ) ;

          for
          (
            std :: vector < std :: map < int , int > >
              :: const_iterator is = sols . begin ( ) ;
            is != sols . end ( ) ; ++ is
          )
          {
            tmp = * is ;
            if ( tmp [ 0 ] ) continue ;

            tmp [ cur_c ] = i ;
            if ( trl ( tmp , & ttl ) != s ) continue ;

            int cur_val = trl ( tmp , & eff ) ;
            if ( ! best || cur_val < best )
            {
              result . clear ( ) ;
              best = cur_val ;
            }
            if ( cur_val == best )
              result . push_back ( tmp ) ;
          }
        }
      }
      else
      {
        tmp [ cur_c ] = div_c ;
        if ( trl ( tmp , & dio :: ttl ) == s )
        {
          result . clear ( ) ;
          result . push_back ( tmp ) ;
        }
      }
    }
    return result ;
  }
} ;

int main ( int argc , char * argv [ ] )
{
  std :: vector < int > stamps ;
  stamps . push_back ( stamp_1 ) ;
  stamps . push_back ( stamp_2 ) ;
  stamps . push_back ( stamp_3 ) ;

  xyz :: dio d ( stamps ) ;

  int max_sum = atoi ( argv [ 2 ] ) ;
  for
  (
    int sum = atoi ( argv [ 1 ] ) ;
    sum <= max_sum ; ++ sum
  )
  {
    std :: vector < std :: map < int , int > > solutions =
      d . solve ( sum ) ;

    std :: cout << sum << " " ;
    for
    (
      std :: vector < std :: map < int , int > > ::
        const_iterator si = solutions . begin ( ) ;
      si != solutions . end ( ) ; ++ si
    )
    {
      std :: cout << "= " ;
      for
      (
        std :: map < int , int > :: const_iterator i =
          ( * si ) . begin ( ) ;
        i != ( * si ) . end ( ) ; ++ i
      )
        if ( ( * i ) . first )
          std :: cout << ( * i ) . second << " x " <<
            ( * i ) . first << "c " ;
    }
    std :: cout << std :: endl ;
  }
}

pavel@debian:~/dev/cxx/t14$ time ./a.out 10000 10040
10000 = 0 x 2c 4 x 7c 1108 x 9c
10001 = 1 x 2c 0 x 7c 1111 x 9c
10002 = 0 x 2c 3 x 7c 1109 x 9c
10003 = 0 x 2c 7 x 7c 1106 x 9c = 2 x 2c 0 x 7c 1111 x 9c
10004 = 0 x 2c 2 x 7c 1110 x 9c
10005 = 0 x 2c 6 x 7c 1107 x 9c
10006 = 0 x 2c 1 x 7c 1111 x 9c
10007 = 0 x 2c 5 x 7c 1108 x 9c
10008 = 0 x 2c 0 x 7c 1112 x 9c
10009 = 0 x 2c 4 x 7c 1109 x 9c
10010 = 1 x 2c 0 x 7c 1112 x 9c
10011 = 0 x 2c 3 x 7c 1110 x 9c
10012 = 0 x 2c 7 x 7c 1107 x 9c = 2 x 2c 0 x 7c 1112 x 9c
10013 = 0 x 2c 2 x 7c 1111 x 9c
10014 = 0 x 2c 6 x 7c 1108 x 9c
10015 = 0 x 2c 1 x 7c 1112 x 9c
10016 = 0 x 2c 5 x 7c 1109 x 9c
10017 = 0 x 2c 0 x 7c 1113 x 9c
10018 = 0 x 2c 4 x 7c 1110 x 9c
10019 = 1 x 2c 0 x 7c 1113 x 9c
10020 = 0 x 2c 3 x 7c 1111 x 9c
10021 = 0 x 2c 7 x 7c 1108 x 9c = 2 x 2c 0 x 7c 1113 x 9c
10022 = 0 x 2c 2 x 7c 1112 x 9c
10023 = 0 x 2c 6 x 7c 1109 x 9c
10024 = 0 x 2c 1 x 7c 1113 x 9c
10025 = 0 x 2c 5 x 7c 1110 x 9c
10026 = 0 x 2c 0 x 7c 1114 x 9c
10027 = 0 x 2c 4 x 7c 1111 x 9c
10028 = 1 x 2c 0 x 7c 1114 x 9c
10029 = 0 x 2c 3 x 7c 1112 x 9c
10030 = 0 x 2c 7 x 7c 1109 x 9c = 2 x 2c 0 x 7c 1114 x 9c
10031 = 0 x 2c 2 x 7c 1113 x 9c
10032 = 0 x 2c 6 x 7c 1110 x 9c
10033 = 0 x 2c 1 x 7c 1114 x 9c
10034 = 0 x 2c 5 x 7c 1111 x 9c
10035 = 0 x 2c 0 x 7c 1115 x 9c
10036 = 0 x 2c 4 x 7c 1112 x 9c
10037 = 1 x 2c 0 x 7c 1115 x 9c
10038 = 0 x 2c 3 x 7c 1113 x 9c
10039 = 0 x 2c 7 x 7c 1110 x 9c = 2 x 2c 0 x 7c 1115 x 9c
10040 = 0 x 2c 2 x 7c 1114 x 9c

real 0m0.008s
user 0m0.004s
sys 0m0.000s

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