=begin By starting at the top of the triangle below and moving to adjacent numbers on the row below, the maximum total from top to bottom is 23. 3 7 5 2 4 6 8 5 9 3 That is, 3 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 23. Find the maximum total from top to bottom of the triangle below: NOTE: As there are only 16384 routes, it is possible to solve this problem by trying every route. However, Problem 67, is the same challenge with a triangle containing one-hundred rows; it cannot be solved by brute force, and requires a clever method! ;o) =end pyramid = '75 95 64 17 47 82 18 35 87 10 20 04 82 47 65 19 01 23 75 03 34 88 02 77 73 07 63 67 99 65 04 28 06 16 70 92 41 41 26 56 83 40 80 70 33 41 48 72 33 47 32 37 16 94 29 53 71 44 65 25 43 91 52 97 51 14 70 11 33 28 77 73 17 78 39 68 17 57 91 71 52 38 17 14 91 43 58 50 27 29 48 63 66 04 68 89 53 67 30 73 16 69 87 40 31 04 62 98 27 23 09 70 98 73 93 38 53 60 04 23'.split("\n").collect{|a| a.split(' ') } class BinaryItem #{{{ attr_accessor :left, :right, :value def initialize(value) @value = value.to_i @marked = false @left = nil @right = nil end def marked? return @marked end def mark @marked = true end def markIf(min) mark if min <= @value @left.markIf(min) unless @left.nil? @right.markIf(min) unless @right.nil? end def maxSum if @right.nil? rightmax = 0 elsif !@right.marked? rightmax = nil else rightmax = @right.maxSum end if @left.nil? leftmax = 0 elsif !@left.marked? leftmax = nil else leftmax = @left.maxSum end if leftmax.nil? && rightmax.nil? return nil elsif leftmax.nil? return rightmax + @value elsif rightmax.nil? return leftmax + @value elsif leftmax > rightmax return leftmax + @value else return rightmax + @value end end def findMax mark @value.downto 0 do |min| @right.markIf(min) @left.markIf(min) max = maxSum return max if !max.nil? end end end #}}} previous = [] current = [] pyrStart = nil pyramid.each do |row| row.each do |num| current.push BinaryItem.new(num) end previous.each_index do |prev| previous[prev].left = current[prev] previous[prev].right = current[prev+1] end previous = current if current.size == 1 pyrStart = current[0] end current = [] end print(pyrStart.findMax)