Task: Sum to 100



C#: using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        
        var expressionsPlus = Enumerable.Range(0, (int)Math.Pow(3, 8)).AsParallel().Select(i => new Expression(i, 1));
        
        var expressionsMinus = Enumerable.Range(0, (int)Math.Pow(3, 8)).AsParallel().Select(i => new Expression(i, -1));
        var expressions = expressionsPlus.Concat(expressionsMinus);
        var results = new Dictionary<int, List<Expression>>();
        foreach (var e in expressions)
        {
            if (results.Keys.Contains(e.Value))
                results[e.Value].Add(e);
            else
                results[e.Value] = new List<Expression>() { e };
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Show all solutions that sum to 100");
        foreach (Expression e in results[100])
            Console.WriteLine("  " + e);
        Console.WriteLine("Show the sum that has the maximum number of solutions (from zero to infinity)");
        var summary = results.Keys.Select(k => new Tuple<int, int>(k, results[k].Count));
        var maxSols = summary.Aggregate((a, b) => a.Item2 > b.Item2 ? a : b);
        Console.WriteLine("  The sum " + maxSols.Item1 + " has " + maxSols.Item2 + " solutions.");
        Console.WriteLine("Show the lowest positive sum that can't be expressed (has no solutions), using the rules for this task");
        var lowestPositive = Enumerable.Range(1, int.MaxValue).First(x => !results.Keys.Contains(x));
        Console.WriteLine("  " + lowestPositive);
        Console.WriteLine("Show the ten highest numbers that can be expressed using the rules for this task (extra credit)");
        var highest = from k in results.Keys
                      orderby k descending
                      select k;
        foreach (var x in highest.Take(10))
            Console.WriteLine("  " + x);
    }
}
public enum Operations { Plus, Minus, Join };
public class Expression
{
    protected Operations[] Gaps;
    
    
    public int Value; 
    protected int _one;
    
    public Expression(int serial, int one)
    {
        _one = one;
        Gaps = new Operations[8];
        
        int divisor = 2187; 
        int times;
        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
        {
            times = Math.DivRem(serial, divisor, out serial);
            divisor /= 3;
            if (times == 0)
                Gaps[i] = Operations.Join;
            else if (times == 1)
                Gaps[i] = Operations.Minus;
            else
                Gaps[i] = Operations.Plus;
        }
        
        
        Value = Evaluate();
    }
    public override string ToString()
    {
        string ret = _one.ToString();
        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
        {
            switch (Gaps[i])
            {
                case Operations.Plus:
                    ret += "+";
                    break;
                case Operations.Minus:
                    ret += "-";
                    break;
            }
            ret += (i + 2);
        }
        return ret;
    }
    private int Evaluate()
        
    {
        var numbers = new int[9];
        int nc = 0;
        var operations = new List<Operations>();
        int a = 1;
        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++)
        {
            if (Gaps[i] == Operations.Join)
                a = a * 10 + (i + 2);
            else
            {
                if (a > 0)
                {
                    if (nc == 0)
                        a *= _one;
                    numbers[nc++] = a;
                    a = i + 2;
                }
                operations.Add(Gaps[i]);
            }
        }
        if (nc == 0)
            a *= _one;
        numbers[nc++] = a;
        int ni = 0;
        int left = numbers[ni++];
        foreach (var operation in operations)
        {
            int right = numbers[ni++];
            if (operation == Operations.Plus)
                left = left + right;
            else
                left = left - right;
        }
        return left;
    }
}





Python: from itertools import product, islice


def expr(p):
    return "{}1{}2{}3{}4{}5{}6{}7{}8{}9".format(*p)


def gen_expr():
    op = ['+', '-', '']
    return [expr(p) for p in product(op, repeat=9) if p[0] != '+']


def all_exprs():
    values = {}
    for expr in gen_expr():
        val = eval(expr)
        if val not in values:
            values[val] = 1
        else:
            values[val] += 1
    return values


def sum_to(val):
    for s in filter(lambda x: x[0] == val, map(lambda x: (eval(x), x), gen_expr())):
        print(s)


def max_solve():
    print("Sum {} has the maximum number of solutions: {}".
          format(*max(all_exprs().items(), key=lambda x: x[1])))


def min_solve():
    values = all_exprs()
    for i in range(123456789):
        if i not in values:
            print("Lowest positive sum that can't be expressed: {}".format(i))
            return


def highest_sums(n=10):
    sums = map(lambda x: x[0],
               islice(sorted(all_exprs().items(), key=lambda x: x[0], reverse=True), n))
    print("Highest Sums: {}".format(list(sums)))


sum_to(100)
max_solve()
min_solve()
highest_sums()