# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ In England the currency is made up of pound, £, and pence, p, and there are eight coins in general circulation: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 (100p) and £2 (200p). It is possible to make £2 in the following way: 1£1 + 150p + 220p + 15p + 12p + 31p How many different ways can £2 be made using any number of coins? """ def combinations(amount, denominations): total = 0 if not denominations: return total denominations = sorted(denominations, reverse=True) for i in range(len(denominations)): d = denominations[i] n = 1 while d * n <= amount: if d * n == amount: total += 1 total += combinations(amount - (d * n), denominations[i+1:]) n += 1 return total if __name__ == '__main__': coins = [200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1] print combinations(200, coins)