241. Different Ways to Add Parentheses

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 *.

Example 1

Input: "2-1-1".

((2-1)-1) = 0
(2-(1-1)) = 2

Output: [0, 2]

Example 2

Input: "2*3-4*5"

(2*(3-(4*5))) = -34
((2*3)-(4*5)) = -14
((2*(3-4))*5) = -10
(2*((3-4)*5)) = -10
(((2*3)-4)*5) = 10

Output: [-34, -14, -10, -10, 10]

思路：

递归，扫描到一个运算符号就计算左右两边所有值的运算结果。

public class Solution {
    public List<Integer> diffWaysToCompute(String input) {
		List<Integer> res = new ArrayList<Integer>();
		if (input == null || input.length() == 0) {
			return res;
		}
		for (int i = 0; i < input.length(); i++) {
			char c = input.charAt(i);
			if (c == '+' || c == '-' || c == '*') {
				List<Integer> left = diffWaysToCompute(input.substring(0, i));
				List<Integer> right = diffWaysToCompute(input.substring(i + 1));
				for (int j = 0; j < left.size(); j++) {
					for (int k = 0; k < right.size(); k++) {
						res.add(caculate(left.get(j), right.get(k), c));
					}
				}
			}
		}
		if (res.size() == 0) {
			// 如果输入的内容直接是一个数字
			res.add(Integer.parseInt(input));
		}
		return res;        
    }
    
	private static int caculate(int x, int y, char c) {
		switch (c) {
		case '+':
			return x + y;
		case '-':
			return x - y;
		case '*':
			return x * y;
		default:
			return 0;
		}
	}
}