1307. Verbal Arithmetic Puzzle
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Given an equation, represented by words on the left side and the result on the right side.
You need to check if the equation is solvable under the following rules:
- Each character is decoded as one digit (0 - 9).
- No two characters can map to the same digit.
- Each
words[i]andresultare decoded as one number without leading zeros. - Sum of numbers on the left side (
words) will equal to the number on the right side (result).
Return true if the equation is solvable, otherwise return false.
Example 1:
Input: words = ["SEND","MORE"], result = "MONEY" Output: true Explanation: Map 'S'-> 9, 'E'->5, 'N'->6, 'D'->7, 'M'->1, 'O'->0, 'R'->8, 'Y'->'2' Such that: "SEND" + "MORE" = "MONEY" , 9567 + 1085 = 10652
Example 2:
Input: words = ["SIX","SEVEN","SEVEN"], result = "TWENTY" Output: true Explanation: Map 'S'-> 6, 'I'->5, 'X'->0, 'E'->8, 'V'->7, 'N'->2, 'T'->1, 'W'->'3', 'Y'->4 Such that: "SIX" + "SEVEN" + "SEVEN" = "TWENTY" , 650 + 68782 + 68782 = 138214
Example 3:
Input: words = ["LEET","CODE"], result = "POINT" Output: false Explanation: There is no possible mapping to satisfy the equation, so we return false. Note that two different characters cannot map to the same digit.
Constraints:
2 <= words.length <= 51 <= words[i].length, result.length <= 7words[i], resultcontain only uppercase English letters.- The number of different characters used in the expression is at most
10.
Hints
Hint 1
Use Backtracking and pruning to solve this problem.
Hint 2
If you set the values of some digits (from right to left), the other digits will be constrained.