#ProjectEuler/Python/Problem15.py #Matthew Ellison # Created: 01-31-19 #Modified: 07-18-20 #How many routes from the top left corner to the bottom right corner are there through a 20×20 grid if you can only move right and down? #Unless otherwise listed, all of my non-standard imports can be gotten from my pyClasses repository at https://bitbucket.org/Mattrixwv/pyClasses """ Copyright (C) 2020 Matthew Ellison This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see . """ from Problems.Problem import Problem from Stopwatch import Stopwatch from Unsolved import Unsolved class Problem15(Problem): #Variables __gridWidth = 20 #The height of the grid __gridHeight = 20 #The width of the grid #Functions #Constructor def __init__(self): super().__init__("How many routes from the top left corner to the bottom right corner are there through a 20x20 grid if you can only move right and down?") self.numOfRoutes = 0 #Operational functions #Solve the problem def solve(self): #If the problem has already been solved do nothing and end the function if(self.solved): return #Start the timer self.timer.start() #Start the recursion at the right location and catch what is returned numberMoves = self.movement(0, 0) #Stop the timer self.timer.stop() #Print the results self.result = "The number of paths from 1 corner of a " + str(self.__gridWidth) + " x " + str(self.__gridHeight) + " grid to the opposite corner is " + str(numberMoves) #Throw a flag to show the problem is solved self.solved = True #This function acts as a handler for moving the position on the grid and counting the distance #It moves right first, then down def movement(self, currentX: int, currentY: int) -> int: #Return 1 if you are at the finish location if((currentX == self.__gridWidth) and (currentY == self.__gridHeight)): return 1 numberMoves = 0 #Otherwise move one right if you can and recurse if(currentX < self.__gridWidth): numberMoves = self.movement(currentX + 1, currentY) #Then move one down and recurse if(currentY < self.__gridHeight): numberMoves += self.movement(currentX, currentY + 1) return numberMoves #Reset the problem so it can be run again def reset(self): super().reset() self.numOfRoutes = 0 #Gets #Returns the number of routes found def getNumberOfRoutes(self) -> int: #If the problem hasn't been solved throw an exception if(not self.solved): raise Unsolved("You must solve the problem before you can get the number of routes") return self.numOfRoutes #If you are running this file, automatically start the correct function if __name__ == "__main__": problem = Problem15() print(problem.getDescription()) #Print the description of the problem problem.solve() #Solve the problem #Print the results print(problem.getResult()) print("It took " + problem.getTime() + " to solve this algorithm") """Results: The number of paths from 1 corner of a 20 x 20 grid to the opposite corner is 137846528820 It took 32.903 hours to solve this algorithm """