const eps = 0.000001 class Operation { constructor(val, rank, exp) { this.val = val this.rank = rank this.exp = exp } plus(that) { return new Operation(this.val + that.val, 0, `${this.exp}+${that.exp}`) } minus(that) { let exp if (that.rank === 0) exp = `${this.exp}-(${that.exp})` else exp = `${this.exp}-${that.exp}` return new Operation(this.val - that.val, 0, exp) } mult(that) { let exp if (this.rank === 0 && that.rank === 0) exp = `(${this.exp})*(${that.exp})` else if (this.rank === 0) exp = `(${this.exp})*${that.exp}` else if (that.rank === 0) exp = `${this.exp}*(${that.exp})` else exp = `${this.exp}*${that.exp}` return new Operation(this.val * that.val, 1, exp) } div(that) { let exp if (this.rank === 0 && that.rank !== 2) exp = `(${this.exp})/(${that.exp})` else if (this.rank === 0) exp = `(${this.exp})/${that.exp}` else if (that.rank !== 2) exp = `${this.exp}/(${that.exp})` else exp = `${this.exp}/${that.exp}` return new Operation(this.val / that.val, 1, exp) } } function solve24point(...numbers) { const nums = new Array(numbers.length) for (let i = 0; i < numbers.length; i++) { nums[i] = new Operation(numbers[i], 2, numbers[i]) } return dfs(nums) } function dfs(nums) { if (nums.length === 1 && Math.abs(nums[0].val - 24.0) < eps) return nums[0].exp for (let i = 0; i < nums.length - 1; i++) { for (let j = i + 1; j < nums.length; j++) { let next = new Array(nums.length - 2) for (let k = 0, idx = 0; k < nums.length; k++) { if (k == i || k == j) continue next[idx++] = nums[k] } let p = nums[i], q = nums[j] let tmp = [p.plus(q), p.minus(q), q.minus(p), p.mult(q)] if (q.val > 0) tmp.push(p.div(q)) if (p.val > 0) tmp.push(q.div(p)) for (let i = 0; i < tmp.length; i++) { next.push(tmp[i]) const res = dfs(next) if (res !== null) return res next.pop() } } } return null } // eslint-disable-next-line no-console const log = console.log.bind(console) log(solve24point(2, 4, 1, 8)) log(solve24point(2, 4, 6, 8)) log(solve24point(1, 2, 5, 8)) log(solve24point(1, 7, 8, 8)) log(solve24point(6, 6, 6, 6, 6)) log(solve24point(1, 5, 5, 5)) log(solve24point(2, 5, 5, 10)) log(solve24point(1, 4, 5, 6)) log(solve24point(6, 9, 9, 10))