24 Game
Problem statement
You are given an integer array cards of length 4. You have four cards, each containing a number in the range [1, 9]. You should arrange the numbers on these cards in a mathematical expression using the operators ['+', '-', '*', '/'] and the parentheses '(' and ')' to get the value 24.
You are restricted with the following rules:
- The division operator
'/'represents real division, not integer division.- For example,
4 / (1 - 2 / 3) = 4 / (1 / 3) = 12.
- For example,
- Every operation done is between two numbers. In particular, we cannot use
'-'as a unary operator.- For example, if
cards = [1, 1, 1, 1], the expression"-1 - 1 - 1 - 1"is not allowed.
- For example, if
- You cannot concatenate numbers together
- For example, if
cards = [1, 2, 1, 2], the expression"12 + 12"is not valid.
- For example, if
Return true if you can get such expression that evaluates to 24, and false otherwise.
Example 1:
Input: cards = [4,1,8,7]Output: trueExplanation: (8-4) * (7-1) = 24
Example 2:
Input: cards = [1,2,1,2]Output: false
Constraints:
cards.length == 41 <= cards[i] <= 9
My solution
/**
* @param {number[]} cards
* @return {boolean}
*/
var judgePoint24 = function(cards) {
cards = cards.map(card => Number(card.toFixed(4)))
const computeTwoNums = (num1, num2) => {
return [num1 + num2, num1 - num2, num2 - num1, num1 * num2, num1/num2, num2/num1];
};
function dfs(list) {
let size = list.length;
if (size === 1) {
if (Math.abs(list[0] - 24) < 0.001) {
return true
} else {
return false;
}
}
for (let i = 0; i < size; i++) {
for (let j = i + 1; j < size; j++) {
let nextRound = [];
for (let k = 0; k < size; k++) {
if (k !== i && k !== j) {
nextRound.push(list[k])
}
}
for (const val of computeTwoNums(list[i], list[j])) {
nextRound.push(val)
if (dfs(nextRound)) {
return true;
} else {
nextRound.pop()
}
}
}
}
return false;
}
return dfs(cards)
};