Project Euler – Problem 18

By starting at the top of the triangle below and moving to adjacent numbers on the row below, the maximum total from top to bottom is 23.

3
7 4
2 4 6
8 5 9 3

That is, 3 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 23.

Find the maximum total from top to bottom of the triangle below:

75
95 64
17 47 82
18 35 87 10
20 04 82 47 65
19 01 23 75 03 34
88 02 77 73 07 63 67
99 65 04 28 06 16 70 92
41 41 26 56 83 40 80 70 33
41 48 72 33 47 32 37 16 94 29
53 71 44 65 25 43 91 52 97 51 14
70 11 33 28 77 73 17 78 39 68 17 57
91 71 52 38 17 14 91 43 58 50 27 29 48
63 66 04 68 89 53 67 30 73 16 69 87 40 31
04 62 98 27 23 09 70 98 73 93 38 53 60 04 23

NOTE: As there are only 16384 routes, it is possible to solve this problem by trying every route. However, Problem 67, is the same challenge with a triangle containing one-hundred rows; it cannot be solved by brute force, and requires a clever method! ;o)

提示部分说67题和这个一样，只是数据多得多，不能用简单的暴力搜索来求解~~

当然，当三角形行数达到N行后，全部的路径数为2^(N-1)，增长太大！

可以这样考虑，到达三角形中某个位置tri[i][j]的最大和路径为tri[i-1][j]和tri[i-1][j-1]的最大和路径对应值中较大值加上其本本身得到。

即样例中的三角形，可以转换为：

3
10 7
12 14 13
20 19 23 16

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

tri = [
        [75],
        [95, 64],
        [17, 47, 82],
        [18, 35, 87, 10],
        [20, 4, 82, 47, 65],
        [19, 1, 23, 75, 3, 34],
        [88, 2, 77, 73, 7, 63, 67],
        [99, 65, 4, 28, 6, 16, 70, 92],
        [41, 41, 26, 56, 83, 40, 80, 70, 33],
        [41, 48, 72, 33, 47, 32, 37, 16, 94, 29],
        [53, 71, 44, 65, 25, 43, 91, 52, 97, 51, 14],
        [70, 11, 33, 28, 77, 73, 17, 78, 39, 68, 17, 57],
        [91, 71, 52, 38, 17, 14, 91, 43, 58, 50, 27, 29, 48],
        [63, 66, 4, 68, 89, 53, 67, 30, 73, 16, 69, 87, 40, 31],
        [4, 62, 98, 27, 23, 9, 70, 98, 73, 93, 38, 53, 60, 4, 23]
    ]

def getPath(i, j):
    if j > i:
        return 0
    return tri[i][j]

def regTri():
    for i in range(1, len(tri)):
        for j in range(len(tri[i])):
            tri[i][j] += max(getPath(i-1, j), getPath(i-1, j-1))

def Ans():
    regTri()
    return max(tri[len(tri)-1])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(Ans())