=begin File: coin_change_greedy.rb Created Time: 2024-05-07 Author: Xuan Khoa Tu Nguyen (ngxktuzkai2000@gmail.com) =end ### Coin change: greedy ### def coin_change_greedy(coins, amt) # Assume coins list is sorted i = coins.length - 1 count = 0 # Loop to make greedy choices until no remaining amount while amt > 0 # Find the coin that is less than and closest to the remaining amount while i > 0 && coins[i] > amt i -= 1 end # Choose coins[i] amt -= coins[i] count += 1 end # Return -1 if no solution found amt == 0 ? count : -1 end ### Driver Code ### if __FILE__ == $0 # Greedy algorithm: Can guarantee finding the global optimal solution coins = [1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100] amt = 186 res = coin_change_greedy(coins, amt) puts "\ncoins = #{coins}, amt = #{amt}" puts "Minimum coins needed to make #{amt} is #{res}" # Greedy algorithm: Cannot guarantee finding the global optimal solution coins = [1, 20, 50] amt = 60 res = coin_change_greedy(coins, amt) puts "\ncoins = #{coins}, amt = #{amt}" puts "Minimum coins needed to make #{amt} is #{res}" puts "Actually minimum needed is 3, i.e., 20 + 20 + 20" # Greedy algorithm: Cannot guarantee finding the global optimal solution coins = [1, 49, 50] amt = 98 res = coin_change_greedy(coins, amt) puts "\ncoins = #{coins}, amt = #{amt}" puts "Minimum coins needed to make #{amt} is #{res}" puts "Actually minimum needed is 2, i.e., 49 + 49" end