Different Ways to Add Parentheses

题目描述

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 *.

思路分析

采用分而治之的思想，将这个看似复杂的问题简单化：从左到右顺序找出’+’，’-’和’*’，当找到一个运算符时就将字符串分成左、右两部分，分别调用diffWaysToCompute函数递归计算所有可能的值，最后利用for循环遍历左、右两部分vector的值进行交叉运算，并将结果放在容器result中；如果没有找到任何运算符，就将字符串转换成int型数字并放在result。

代码实现

class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> diffWaysToCompute(string input) {
      vector<int> result;
      for (int s = 0; s < input.length(); s++) {
          char ch = input.at(s);
          if (ch == '+' || ch == '-' || ch == '*') {
             vector<int> left = diffWaysToCompute(input.substr(0, s));
             //substr默认从input的第i+1位到input的末尾
             vector<int> right = diffWaysToCompute(input.substr(s+1));
             for (int i = 0; i < left.size(); i++) {
                for (int j = 0; j < right.size(); j++) {
                    if (ch == '+') {
                        result.push_back(left[i] + right[j]);
                    }
                    else if (ch == '-') {
                        result.push_back(left[i] - right[j]);
                    }
                    else if (ch == '*') {
                        result.push_back(left[i] * right[j]);
                    }
                }
             }
          }
      }
      if (result.size() == 0) {
          result.push_back(atoi(input.c_str()));
      }
      return result;
    }
};