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First solution in Clear category for Golden Pyramid by gmixo
def count_gold(pyramid):
def golds(gold, idx, idy):
if idy == len(pyramid) - 1:
return max(gold + pyramid[idy][idx],gold + pyramid[idy][idx+1])
else:
return max(
golds(gold + pyramid[idy][idx], idx, idy + 1),
golds(gold + pyramid[idy][idx + 1], idx + 1, idy + 1))
return golds(pyramid[0][0], 0, 1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert count_gold((
(1,),
(2, 3),
(3, 3, 1),
(3, 1, 5, 4),
(3, 1, 3, 1, 3),
(2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2),
(5, 6, 4, 5, 6, 4, 3)
)) == 23, "First example"
assert count_gold((
(1,),
(2, 1),
(1, 2, 1),
(1, 2, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1),
(1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 9)
)) == 15, "Second example"
assert count_gold((
(9,),
(2, 2),
(3, 3, 3),
(4, 4, 4, 4)
)) == 18, "Third example"
Jan. 17, 2015