#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Algorithm::Loops qw{NestedLoops MapCar}; my $year = $ARGV[0] || 2006; my @digit = reverse 1..9; my $next = NestedLoops( [ ['+', '-'], ([qw{+ - / *}, '']) x $#digit ] ); while ( my @perm = $next->() ) { my $expr = join '', MapCar { @_ } \@perm, \@digit; print "$expr\n" if evaluate($expr) == $year; } sub evaluate { my ($expr, $tot) = (shift, 0); my %math = ( '+' => sub { $_[0] + $_[1] }, '-' => sub { $_[0] - $_[1] }, '/' => sub { $_[0] / $_[1] }, '*' => sub { $_[0] * $_[1] }, ); for my $term ( $expr =~ m|([/*+-]?\d+)|g ) { if ( $term =~ m|^([/*+-])(\d+)$| ) { $tot = $math{$1}->($tot, $2); } } return $tot; } __END__ +9*8*7-6+5*4-3-2-1 +98/7+654*3+2/1 +98/7+654*3+2*1