sub bin { my ($size, @set) = @_; my $best = []; my @bins; _bin($size, \@set, \@bins, 0, $best); print "BEST: <@{[ map qq{[@$_]}, @$best ]}>\n"; } sub _bin { my ($size, $set, $bins, $i, $best) = @_; if (@$set == 0) { @$best = map [@$_], @$bins if @$bins > @$best; return; } my $rem = $size - sum($bins->[$i]); for (sort { $set->[$b] <=> $set->[$a] } grep { $set->[$_] <= $rem } 0 .. $#$set) { my $n = splice @$set, $_, 1; push @{ $bins->[$i] }, $n; _bin($size, $set, $bins, (sum($bins->[$i]) == $size) ? $i+1 : $i, $best); _bin($size, $set, $bins, $i+1, $best) if 0 == grep { $set->[$_] <= ($rem-$n) } 0 .. $#$set; pop @{ $bins->[$i] }; pop @$bins if @{ $bins->[$i] } == 0; splice @$set, $_, 0, $n; } } sub sum { my $s = 0; $s += $_ for @{ $_[0] }; $s; }