#!/usr/bin/perl # https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-237/#TASK2 # # Task 2: Maximise Greatness # ========================== # # You are given an array of integers. # # Write a script to permute the given array such that you get the maximum # possible greatness. # ### To determine greatness, nums[i] < perm[i] where 0 <= i < nums.length # ## Example 1 ## ## Input: @nums = (1, 3, 5, 2, 1, 3, 1) ## Output: 4 ## ## One possible permutation: (2, 5, 1, 3, 3, 1, 1) which returns 4 greatness as below: ## nums[0] < perm[0] ## nums[1] < perm[1] ## nums[3] < perm[3] ## nums[4] < perm[4] # ## Example 2 ## ## Input: @ints = (1, 2, 3, 4) ## Output: 3 ## ## One possible permutation: (2, 3, 4, 1) which returns 3 greatness as below: ## nums[0] < perm[0] ## nums[1] < perm[1] ## nums[2] < perm[2] # ############################################################ ## ## discussion ## ############################################################ # # Calculate all permutations and check the greatness for each permutation # Keep the maximum use strict; use warnings; use Algorithm::Permute; maximise_greatness(1, 3, 5, 2, 1, 3, 1); maximise_greatness(1, 2, 3, 4); sub maximise_greatness { my @ints = @_; print "Input: (" . join(", ", @ints) . ")\n"; my $max = 0; my $p_iterator = Algorithm::Permute->new ( \@ints ); while(my @perm = $p_iterator->next) { my $current = greatness( [@_], [@perm] ); $max = $current if $current > $max; } print "Output: $max\n"; } sub greatness { my ($nums, $perm) = @_; my @ints = @$nums; my $greatness = 0; foreach my $i (0..$#ints) { $greatness++ if $nums->[$i] < $perm->[$i]; } return $greatness; }