-- Countdown example from chapter 9 of Programming in Haskell, -- Graham Hutton, Cambridge University Press, 2016. -- Arithmetic operators data Op = Add | Sub | Mul | Div instance Show Op where show Add = "+" show Sub = "-" show Mul = "*" show Div = "/" valid :: Op -> Int -> Int -> Bool valid Add _ _ = True valid Sub x y = x > y valid Mul _ _ = True valid Div x y = x `mod` y == 0 apply :: Op -> Int -> Int -> Int apply Add x y = x + y apply Sub x y = x - y apply Mul x y = x * y apply Div x y = x `div` y -- Numeric expressions data Expr = Val Int | App Op Expr Expr instance Show Expr where show (Val n) = show n show (App o l r) = brak l ++ show o ++ brak r where brak (Val n) = show n brak e = "(" ++ show e ++ ")" values :: Expr -> [Int] values (Val n) = [n] values (App _ l r) = values l ++ values r eval :: Expr -> [Int] eval (Val n) = [n | n > 0] eval (App o l r) = [apply o x y | x <- eval l, y <- eval r, valid o x y] -- Combinatorial functions subs :: [a] -> [[a]] subs [] = [[]] subs (x:xs) = yss ++ map (x:) yss where yss = subs xs interleave :: a -> [a] -> [[a]] interleave x [] = [[x]] interleave x (y:ys) = (x:y:ys) : map (y:) (interleave x ys) perms :: [a] -> [[a]] perms [] = [[]] perms (x:xs) = concat (map (interleave x) (perms xs)) choices :: [a] -> [[a]] choices = concat . map perms . subs -- Formalising the problem solution :: Expr -> [Int] -> Int -> Bool solution e ns n = elem (values e) (choices ns) && eval e == [n] -- Brute force solution split :: [a] -> [([a],[a])] split [] = [] split [_] = [] split (x:xs) = ([x],xs) : [(x:ls,rs) | (ls,rs) <- split xs] exprs :: [Int] -> [Expr] exprs [] = [] exprs [n] = [Val n] exprs ns = [e | (ls,rs) <- split ns, l <- exprs ls, r <- exprs rs, e <- combine l r] combine :: Expr -> Expr -> [Expr] combine l r = [App o l r | o <- ops] ops :: [Op] ops = [Add,Sub,Mul,Div] solutions :: [Int] -> Int -> [Expr] solutions ns n = [e | ns' <- choices ns, e <- exprs ns', eval e == [n]] -- Combining generation and evaluation type Result = (Expr,Int) results :: [Int] -> [Result] results [] = [] results [n] = [(Val n,n) | n > 0] results ns = [res | (ls,rs) <- split ns, lx <- results ls, ry <- results rs, res <- combine' lx ry] combine' :: Result -> Result -> [Result] combine' (l,x) (r,y) = [(App o l r, apply o x y) | o <- ops, valid o x y] solutions' :: [Int] -> Int -> [Expr] solutions' ns n = [e | ns' <- choices ns, (e,m) <- results ns', m == n] -- Exploiting algebraic properties valid' :: Op -> Int -> Int -> Bool valid' Add x y = x <= y valid' Sub x y = x > y valid' Mul x y = x /= 1 && y /= 1 && x <= y valid' Div x y = y /= 1 && x `mod` y == 0 results' :: [Int] -> [Result] results' [] = [] results' [n] = [(Val n,n) | n > 0] results' ns = [res | (ls,rs) <- split ns, lx <- results' ls, ry <- results' rs, res <- combine'' lx ry] combine'' :: Result -> Result -> [Result] combine'' (l,x) (r,y) = [(App o l r, apply o x y) | o <- ops, valid' o x y] solutions'' :: [Int] -> Int -> [Expr] solutions'' ns n = [e | ns' <- choices ns, (e,m) <- results' ns', m == n] -- Performance testing main :: IO () main = print (solutions'' [1,3,7,10,25,50] 765)