RosettaCodeData/Task/Topswops/Go/topswops.go

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// Adapted from http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/programs/topswops.w
// at Donald Knuth's web site. Algorithm credited there to Pepperdine
// and referenced to Mathematical Gazette 73 (1989), 131-133.
package main
import "fmt"
const ( // array sizes
maxn = 10 // max number of cards
maxl = 50 // upper bound for number of steps
)
func main() {
for i := 1; i <= maxn; i++ {
fmt.Printf("%d: %d\n", i, steps(i))
}
}
func steps(n int) int {
var a, b [maxl][maxn + 1]int
var x [maxl]int
a[0][0] = 1
var m int
for l := 0; ; {
x[l]++
k := int(x[l])
if k >= n {
if l <= 0 {
break
}
l--
continue
}
if a[l][k] == 0 {
if b[l][k+1] != 0 {
continue
}
} else if a[l][k] != k+1 {
continue
}
a[l+1] = a[l]
for j := 1; j <= k; j++ {
a[l+1][j] = a[l][k-j]
}
b[l+1] = b[l]
a[l+1][0] = k + 1
b[l+1][k+1] = 1
if l > m-1 {
m = l + 1
}
l++
x[l] = 0
}
return m
}