241. Different Ways to Add Parentheses

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]

分析
这是一道分治的题目，要用分治的思想将问题分解成一个个子问题再做。
这题的思路是，将接收的字符串从左到右进行检测，只要遇到了符号，就将该字符串分为两个部分，递归这个过程。

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

using namespace std;

class Solution {
public:
    vector<int> diffWaysToCompute(string input) {
        vector<int> result;
        int len = input.length();
        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
            char curSym = input[i];

            // divide the string into two parts
            if (curSym == '+' || curSym == '-' || curSym == '*') {
                vector<int> partRes1 = diffWaysToCompute(input.substr(0, i));

                // calculate each of the results
                for (int index1 = 0; index1 < partRes1.size(); index1++) {
                    for (int index2 = 0; index2 < partRes2.size(); index2++) {
                        if (curSym == '+') 
                            result.push_back(partRes1[index1] + partRes2[index2]);
                        else if (curSym == '-')
                            result.push_back(partRes1[index1] - partRes2[index2]);
                        else
                            result.push_back(partRes1[index1] * partRes2[index2]);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        // if the string has no symbol, store the number
        if (result.empty())
            result.push_back(atoi(input.c_str()));
        return result;
    }
};

// testing the code
int main() {
    Solution test;
    vector<int> result = test.diffWaysToCompute("2*3-4*5");
    for (int i = 0; i < result.size(); i++) {
        cout << result[i] << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}