24game-solver

24 Game Solver

Solve 24 game with less duplicated results.

Web based example can be launched from https://frank-deng.github.io/24game-solver/index.html.

Usage

Node

var solve24game = require('24game-solver');

/*
The returned result contains all the expressions which calculation result equals the goal.
Parameter a, b, c, d are numbers between 1 and 13
Parameter goal is the expected calculation result, default is 24.
*/
var result = solve24game(a, b, c, d, goal);

Brwoser

<script type='text/javascript' src='24game-solver.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
	/*
	The returned result contains all the expressions which calculation result equals the goal.
	Parameter a, b, c, d are numbers between 1 and 13
	Parameter goal is the expected calculation result, default is 24.
	*/
	var result = solve24game(a, b, c, d, goal);
</script>

Test Case

Run npm test to run the test case.

The test will check if both solve24game() and ordinary method have or don't have answer, for each pairs of 4 numbers between 1 and 13, goals within 1 and 99.

After the test finished successfully, it will output how many pairs of 4 numbers out of 1820 pairs have answer for each goals.

The test will take about 7.5 hours to finish.