#!/usr/bin/python3 # 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 from itertools import permutations def greatness(nums: list, perm: list) -> int: greatness = 0 indices = list(range(len(nums))) for i in indices: if nums[i] < perm[i]: greatness+=1 return greatness def maximise_greatness(ints: list): print("Input: (" + ', '.join(str(x) for x in ints) + ")") max = 0 for perm in permutations(ints): current = greatness(ints, perm) if current > max: max = current print(f"Output: {max}") maximise_greatness([1, 3, 5, 2, 1, 3, 1]) maximise_greatness([1, 2, 3, 4])