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]

public List<Integer> diffWaysToCompute(String input) {
        List<Integer> ret = new LinkedList<Integer>();
        //遍历整个字符串，当遍历到符号的时候，切割字符串
      for (int i=0; i<input.length(); i++) {
            if (input.charAt(i) == '-' ||
                input.charAt(i) == '*' ||
                input.charAt(i) == '+' ) {
                String part1 = input.substring(0, i);
                String part2 = input.substring(i+1);
                //符号前部分的字符串
                List<Integer> part1Ret = diffWaysToCompute(part1);
                //符号后部分的字符串
                List<Integer> part2Ret = diffWaysToCompute(part2);
                //根据位置i的符号来判断两者怎么运算
                for (Integer p1 :   part1Ret) {
                    for (Integer p2 :   part2Ret) {
                        int c = 0;
                        switch (input.charAt(i)) {
                            case '+': c = p1+p2;
                                break;
                            case '-': c = p1-p2;
                                break;
                            case '*': c = p1*p2;
                                break;
                        }
                        //结果添加到ret中
                        ret.add(c);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        //单个字符的情况
        if (ret.size() == 0) {
            ret.add(Integer.valueOf(input));
        }
        return ret;

用hashmap去重:

http://www.cnblogs.com/yanliang12138/p/4691284.html

http://blog.csdn.net/u012243115/article/details/47100287