我对作业的解释是老师希望学生实现一个递归算法来执行网格方法乘法(我们在小学学习的那种)。
例如,乘以 34 x 13 可以这样完成......
34
* 13
====
12
90
40
+300
====
442
我无法轻松访问 Java 开发环境,所以我用 C# 编写了代码,但算法应该足够简单,可以转换成 Java。
public int Multiply(int x, int y)
{
if (x < 0) throw new ArgumentException("must be positive integer", "x");
if (y < 0) throw new ArgumentException("must be positive integer", "y");
if (x == 0 || y == 0) return 0; // obvious quick-exit condition
// integer division
int xDivBy10 = x / 10;
int yDivBy10 = y / 10;
bool xIsSingleDigit = xDivBy10 == 0;
bool yIsSingleDigit = yDivBy10 == 0;
// base case
if (xIsSingleDigit && yIsSingleDigit)
{
return MultiplySingleDigits(x, y);
}
// otherwise, use grid multiplication recursively
// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_method_multiplication
if (xIsSingleDigit) // y must not be a single digit
{
return (Multiply(x, yDivBy10) * 10) + Multiply(x, y % 10);
}
if (yIsSingleDigit) // x must not be a single digit
{
return (Multiply(xDivBy10, y) * 10) + Multiply(x % 10, y);
}
// else - x and y are both numbers which are not single digits
return (Multiply(x, yDivBy10) * 10) + Multiply(x, y % 10); // the same code as the "if (xIsSingleDigit)" case
}
// technically, this algorith can multiply any positive integers
// but I have restricted it to only single digits as per the assignment's requirements/hint
private int MultiplySingleDigits(int x, int y)
{
if (x < 0 || x > 9) throw new ArgumentException("must be in range 0 - 9 (inclusive)", "x");
if (y < 0 || y > 9) throw new ArgumentException("must be in range 0 - 9 (inclusive)", "y");
if (x == 0 || y == 0) return 0; // base case
return x + MultiplySingleDigits(x, y - 1);
}
笔记:
- 这种方法仍然使用
*
运算符,但不用于实际乘以x
and y
,它用于将其他子乘积增加 10 的倍数
- 此代码的许多部分可以简化/重构,但我特别将它们扩展以使步骤更明显