looping through possible combinations of McNuggets packs of 6, 9 and 20
Jean-Michel Pichavant
jeanmichel at sequans.com
Thu Aug 12 05:23:41 EDT 2010
Baba wrote:
> level: beginner
>
> exercise: given that packs of McNuggets can only be bought in 6, 9 or
> 20 packs, write an exhaustive search to find the largest number of
> McNuggets that cannot be bought in exact quantity.
>
> exercise source:
> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/assignments/pset2.pdf
>
> please help me write this code
>
> i believe it's something along the lines of this:
>
> c=0
> sol=[]
> for n in range (0,10):
> for a in range (0,10):
> for b in range (0,10):
> for c in range (0,10):
> sol=6*a+9*b+20*c
> if sol!=n:
> c+=1
> if c==6:
> print sol
>
>
>
for mcNugget in range(0,10):
sendTo(trashbin)
You're welcome :p
JM
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