Solve
With evaluation:
var formats = [
'((%d %s %d) %s %d) %s %d',
'(%d %s (%d %s %d)) %s %d',
'(%d %s %d) %s (%d %s %d)',
'%d %s ((%d %s %d) %s %d)',
'%d %s (%d %s (%d %s %d))',
]
var op = %w( + - * / )
var operators = op.map { |a| op.map {|b| op.map {|c| "#{a} #{b} #{c}" } } }.flat
loop {
var input = read("Enter four integers or 'q' to exit: ", String)
input == 'q' && break
if (input !~ /^\h*[1-9]\h+[1-9]\h+[1-9]\h+[1-9]\h*$/) {
say "Invalid input!"
next
}
var n = input.split.map{.to_n}
var numbers = n.permutations
formats.each { |format|
numbers.each { |n|
operators.each { |operator|
var o = operator.split;
var str = (format % (n[0],o[0],n[1],o[1],n[2],o[2],n[3]))
eval(str) == 24 && say str
}
}
}
}Without evaluation:
Output:
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