约瑟夫环(约瑟夫问题)是一个数学的应用问题:已知n个人(以编号1,2,3...n分别表示)围坐在一张圆桌周围。从编号为k的人开始报数,数到m的那个人出列;他的下一个人又从1开始报数,数到m的那个人又出列;依此规律重复下去,直到圆桌周围的人全部出列。如5个人,从编号为1的人开始报数,数到3的人出列,最后出列的人的编号为4。
编写一个函数,总人数为50,从编号为1的人开始报数,数到3的人出列,计算出最后出列的人的编号。
NSUInteger printLastDequeuedNumberInRoundTable(NSUInteger allMembersCount, NSUInteger dequeueNumber) {
NSMutableDictionary<NSNumber *, NSString *> *dictM = @{}.mutableCopy;
NSUInteger startIdx = 1;//first idx is 1 in round table issue
//all members always dequeued finally
while (dictM.allKeys.count != allMembersCount) {
//members always sing from `1..dequeueNumber`
for (NSUInteger i = 1; i <= dequeueNumber; i++) {
//member at startIdx dequeued
if (dictM[@(startIdx)]) {
//ignore this, step next
i--;
} else {
if (i == dequeueNumber) {
//record every `round table number` when last member who sing `dequeueNumber`
dictM[@(startIdx)] = @"dequeued";
if (dictM.allKeys.count == allMembersCount) {
NSUInteger lastNum = (startIdx - 1)%allMembersCount + 1;
NSLog(@"last member at number %ld dequeued", lastNum);
return lastNum;
} else {
NSLog(@"member at number %ld dequeued", (startIdx - 1)%allMembersCount + 1);
}
}
}
++startIdx;
//the index in round table member varied from 1 to allMembersCount
startIdx = (startIdx - 1)%allMembersCount + 1;
}
}
return NSNotFound;
}
结果
NSUInteger lastNumber = printLastDequeuedNumberInRoundTable(50, 3);
lastNumber = 11;