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How to print maximum number of A’s using given four keys
Let us consider, we will try to write the letter ‘A’, using the keyboard. Our goal is to use only four keys and try to write maximum ‘A’s on the text field. The keys are ‘A’, ‘C’, ‘V’ and ‘Ctrl’.
To write the maximum number of A, we will use Ctrl + A to select All, Ctrl + C to copy and Ctrl + V to paste.
Input and Output
Input: Number of keystrokes, say 7 Output: Maximum Number of A's with 7 keystrokes is: 9 Press A three times. Then Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+V
Algorithm
keyNumbers(keyStrokes)
Input: number of keystrokes.
Output: Maximum number of letters using these keystrokes.
Begin if keyStrokes <= 6, then return keyStrokes for n := 1 to 6, do result[n-1] := n done for n := 7 to keyStrokes, do result[n-1] := 0 for breakpoint := n-3 down to 1, do curr := (n – breakpoint - 1)*result[breakpoint - 1] if curr > result[n-1], then result[n - 1] := curr done done result[keyStrokes - 1] End
Example
#include<iostream> using namespace std; int keyNumbers(int keystrokes) { //find number of 'A's using 4 types of keys if (keystrokes <= 6) //if keystrokes are less than 7 return keystrokes; int result[keystrokes]; //store intermediate results for (int n=1; n<=6; n++) //upto 6 keystrokes, we need that number of keystrokes for max result[n-1] = n; for (int n=7; n<=keystrokes; n++) { //for 7th to higher result[n-1] = 0; //initially store 0 as result for (int breakPoint=n-3; breakPoint>=1; breakPoint--) { //find breakpoint to select, copy and paste int curr = (n-breakPoint-1)*result[breakPoint-1]; if (curr > result[n-1]) result[n-1] = curr; } } return result[keystrokes-1]; } int main() { int keystrokes; cout << "Enter Number of keystrokes: "; cin >> keystrokes; cout << "Maximum Number of A's with "<<keystrokes << " keystrokes is: "<< keyNumbers(keystrokes)<<endl; }
Output
Enter Number of keystrokes: 7 Maximum Number of A's with 7 keystrokes is: 9
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