464 - Can I Win

2020/11/22

leetcode

Problem

In the "100 game" two players take turns adding, to a running total, any integer from 1 to 10. The player who first causes the running total to reach or exceed 100 wins.

What if we change the game so that players cannot re-use integers?

For example, two players might take turns drawing from a common pool of numbers from 1 to 15 without replacement until they reach a total >= 100.

Given two integers maxChoosableInteger and desiredTotal, return true if the first player to move can force a win, otherwise return false. Assume both players play optimally.



Example 1:

Input: maxChoosableInteger = 10, desiredTotal = 11
Output: false
Explanation:
No matter which integer the first player choose, the first player will lose.
The first player can choose an integer from 1 up to 10.
If the first player choose 1, the second player can only choose integers from 2 up to 10.
The second player will win by choosing 10 and get a total = 11, which is >= desiredTotal.
Same with other integers chosen by the first player, the second player will always win.
Example 2:

Input: maxChoosableInteger = 10, desiredTotal = 0
Output: true
Example 3:

Input: maxChoosableInteger = 10, desiredTotal = 1
Output: true


Constraints:

1 <= maxChoosableInteger <= 20
0 <= desiredTotal <= 300

Solution

DFS

Maintain a hashmap, use unchosen numbers as key,

class Solution:
    def canIWin(self, maxChoosableInteger: int, desiredTotal: int) -> bool:
        h = {}
        def canIWinRec(numbers, desiredTotal):
            if numbers[-1] >= desiredTotal:
                return True

            k = tuple(numbers)
            if k in h:
                return h[k]

            for i in range(len(numbers)):
                if not canIWinRec(numbers[:i] + numbers[i+1:], desiredTotal - numbers[i]):
                    h[k] = True
                    return True

            h[k] = False
            return False

        summed = (maxChoosableInteger + 1) * maxChoosableInteger / 2

        if summed < desiredTotal:
            return False

        if summed == desiredTotal:
            return maxChoosableInteger % 2

        numbers = list(range(1, maxChoosableInteger+1))
        return canIWinRec(numbers, desiredTotal)