euler/python/e015.py

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"""Starting in the top left corner in a 20 by 20 grid, how many routes are there to the bottom right corner?
Starting in the top left corner of a 22 grid, there are 6 routes (without backtracking) to the bottom right corner.
[See: p015/p_015.gif]
How many routes are there through a 2020 grid?
"""
"""Notes:
Calculate the number of possible paths from the top left corner to the bottom
right, without backtracking (no moving up or left)
i.e., for a 2x2 grid:
_ _
|_|_|
|_|_|
Paths to each point, forming a Pascal Triangle:
1 1 1
1 2 3
1 3 6
001 001 001 001
001 002 003 004
001 003 006 010
001 004 010 020
"""
def pascal(row, col):
val = 1
r = row + 1
for c in range(1, col + 1):
val = (val * ((r - c) / float(c)))
return int(val)
def paths(size):
return pascal(size + (size - 2), size - 1)
def main():
# 20x20 grid
# Points = cubes + 1
size = 21
print 'Paths: ', paths(size)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()