{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "This notebook was prepared by [mrb00l34n](http://github.com/mrb00l34n). Source and license info is on [GitHub](https://github.com/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges)." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Challenge Notebook" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Problem: Counting Ways of Making Change\n", "\n", "* [Explanation](#Explanation)\n", "* [Test Cases](#Test-Cases)\n", "* [Algorithm](#Algorithm)\n", "* [Code](#Code)\n", "* [Unit Test](#Unit-Test)\n", "* [Solution Notebook](#Solution-Notebook)" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Explanation\n", "\n", "How many ways are there of making change for n, given an array of distinct coins? For example:\n", "\n", "Input: n = 4, coins = [1, 2]\n", "\n", "Output: 3. 1+1+1+1, 1+2+1, 2+2, would be the ways of making change.\n", "\n", "Note that a coin can be used any number of times, and we are counting unique combinations." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Test Cases\n", "\n", "* Input: n = 0, coins = [1, 2] -> Output: 0\n", "* Input: n = 100, coins = [1, 2, 3] -> Output: 884\n", "* Input: n = 1000, coins = [1, 2, 3...99, 100] -> Output: 15658181104580771094597751280645\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Algorithm\n", "\n", "Refer to the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/recursion_dynamic/coinchange_ways/coinchange_ways_solution.ipynb). If you are stuck and need a hint, the solution notebook's algorithm discussion might be a good place to start." ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Code" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "def change_ways(n, coins):\n", " # TODO: Implement me\n", " return n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Unit Test\n", "\n", "\n", "\n", "**The following unit test is expected to fail until you solve the challenge.**" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [ { "name":"stdout", "text":[], "output_type": "stream" } ], "source": [ "# %load test_coinchange_ways.py\n", "from nose.tools import assert_equal\n", "\n", "\n", "class Challenge(object):\n", "\n", " def test_coinchange_ways(self,solution):\n", " assert_equal(solution(0, [1, 2]), 0)\n", " assert_equal(solution(100, [1, 2, 3]), 884)\n", " assert_equal(solution(1000, range(1, 101)), 15658181104580771094597751280645)\n", " print('Success: test_coinchange_ways')\n", "\n", "\n", "def main():\n", " test = Challenge()\n", " test.test_coinchange_ways(change_ways)\n", "\n", "\n", "if __name__ == '__main__':\n", " main()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Solution Notebook\n", "\n", "Review the [Solution Notebook](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges/blob/master/recursion_dynamic/coinchange_ways/coinchange_ways_solution.ipynb) for a discussion on algorithms and code solutions." ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 2", "language": "python", "name": "python2" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 2 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython2", "version": "2.7.6" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }