Given a string of numbers and operators, return all possible results from computing all the different possible ways to group numbers and operators. The valid operators are
+
, -
and *
.Example 1
Input:
"2-1-1"
.((2-1)-1) = 0 (2-(1-1)) = 2
Output:
[0, 2]
Example 2
Input:
"2*3-4*5"
(2*(3-(4*5))) = -34 ((2*3)-(4*5)) = -14 ((2*(3-4))*5) = -10 (2*((3-4)*5)) = -10 (((2*3)-4)*5) = 10
Output:
Solution:
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class Solution {
public List<Integer> diffWaysToCompute(String input) {
List<Integer> res = new ArrayList<Integer>();
for(int i = 0 ; i < input.length() ; i++){
char c = input.charAt(i);
if(input.charAt(i) == '-' || input.charAt(i) == '+' || input.charAt(i) == '*' ){
List<Integer> lis1 = diffWaysToCompute(input.substring(0,i));
List<Integer> lis2 = diffWaysToCompute(input.substring(i + 1));
for(int item1:lis1 ){
for(int item2:lis2){
if(c == '-'){
res.add(item1 - item2);
}
else if(c == '+'){
res.add(item1 + item2);
}
else{
res.add(item1 * item2);
}
}
}
}
}
if(res.size() == 0) {
res.add(Integer.valueOf(input));
}
return res;
}
}