AdventOfCode2023/UBinomialCoefficients.pas

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{
Solutions to the Advent Of Code.
Copyright (C) 2024 Stefan Müller
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
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version.
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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}
unit UBinomialCoefficients;
{$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}
interface
uses
Classes, SysUtils, Generics.Collections;
type
TCardinalArray = array of Cardinal;
TCardinalArrays = specialize TList<TCardinalArray>;
{ TBinomialCoefficientCache }
TBinomialCoefficientCache = class
private
FCache: TCardinalArrays;
procedure AddRow;
public
constructor Create;
destructor Destroy; override;
// Returns N choose K, with N >= K >= 0.
function Get(const AN, AK: Cardinal): Cardinal;
// Returns the number of cached rows C = N + 1, where N is the highest from previously queried "N choose K". The
// actual number of cached binomial coefficient values is C * (C + 1) / 2.
function GetCachedRowsCount: Cardinal;
end;
implementation
{ TBinomialCoefficientCache }
procedure TBinomialCoefficientCache.AddRow;
var
row: TCardinalArray;
i: Cardinal;
begin
SetLength(row, FCache.Count + 1);
row[0] := 1;
if FCache.Count > 0 then
begin
row[FCache.Count] := 1;
for i := 1 to FCache.Count - 1 do
row[i] := FCache.Last[i - 1] + FCache.Last[i];
end;
FCache.Add(row);
end;
constructor TBinomialCoefficientCache.Create;
begin
FCache := TCardinalArrays.Create;
end;
destructor TBinomialCoefficientCache.Destroy;
begin
FCache.Free;
inherited Destroy;
end;
function TBinomialCoefficientCache.Get(const AN, AK: Cardinal): Cardinal;
var
i: Cardinal;
begin
if AN < AK then
raise ERangeError.Create('Cannot calculate binomial coefficient "n choose k" with k larger than n.');
for i := FCache.Count to AN do
AddRow;
Result := FCache[AN][AK];
end;
function TBinomialCoefficientCache.GetCachedRowsCount: Cardinal;
begin
Result := FCache.Count;
end;
end.