UVA10003 Cutting Sticks

 1 #include <iostream>
 2 #include <cstdio>
 3 #include <algorithm>
 4 #include <cstdlib>
 5 #include <cstring>
 6 #include <cmath>
 7 #define max(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
 8 #define min(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
 9 inline void swap(int &a, int &b)
10 {
11     int tmp = a;a = b;b = tmp;
12 }
13 inline void read(int &x)
14 {
15     x = 0;char ch = getchar(), c = ch;
16     while(ch < ‘0‘ || ch > ‘9‘)c = ch, ch = getchar();
17     while(ch <= ‘9‘ && ch >= ‘0‘)x = x * 10 + ch - ‘0‘, ch = getchar();
18     if(c == ‘-‘)x = -x;
19 }
20 
21 const int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f;
22 const int MAXN = 50 + 10;
23 
24 int dp[MAXN][MAXN], po[MAXN], n, L;
25 
26 int main()
27 {
28     while(scanf("%d", &L) != EOF && L)
29     {
30         read(n);
31         for(register int i = 1;i <= n;++ i)
32             read(po[i]);
33         std::sort(po + 1, po + 1 + n);
34         for(register int i = 0;i <= n + 1;++ i) 
35             dp[i][i] = 0, dp[i][i + 1] = 0;
36         po[n + 1] = L;
37         for(register int k = 3;k <= n + 2;++ k)
38         {
39             for(register int i = 0;i <= n + 1;++ i)
40             {
41                 int j = i + k - 1;
42                 dp[i][j] = INF;
43                 if(j > n + 1)continue;
44                 for(register int m = i + 1;m < j;++ m)
45                     dp[i][j] = min(dp[i][j], dp[i][m] + dp[m][j] + po[j] - po[i]);
46             }
47         }
48         printf("The minimum cutting is %d.\n", dp[0][n + 1]);
49     }
50     return 0;
51 }