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+! Copyright (c) 2008 Eric Mertens
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: kernel math math.ranges sequences sequences.lib ;
+
+IN: project-euler.116
+
+! http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=116
+
+! DESCRIPTION
+! -----------
+
+! A row of five black square tiles is to have a number of its tiles replaced
+! with coloured oblong tiles chosen from red (length two), green (length
+! three), or blue (length four).
+
+! If red tiles are chosen there are exactly seven ways this can be done.
+! If green tiles are chosen there are three ways.
+! And if blue tiles are chosen there are two ways.
+
+! Assuming that colours cannot be mixed there are 7 + 3 + 2 = 12 ways of
+! replacing the black tiles in a row measuring five units in length.
+
+! How many different ways can the black tiles in a row measuring fifty units in
+! length be replaced if colours cannot be mixed and at least one coloured tile
+! must be used?
+
+! SOLUTION
+! --------
+
+! This solution uses a simple dynamic programming approach using the
+! following recurence relation
+
+! ways(n,_) = 0 | n < 0
+! ways(0,_) = 1
+! ways(n,i) = ways(n-i,i) + ways(n-1,i)
+! solution(n) = ways(n,1) - 1 + ways(n,2) - 1 + ways(n,3) - 1
+
+<PRIVATE
+
+: nth* ( n seq -- elt/0 )
+ [ length swap - 1- ] keep ?nth 0 or ;
+
+: next ( colortile seq -- )
+ [ nth* ] [ peek + ] [ push ] tri ;
+
+: ways ( length colortile -- permutations )
+ V{ 1 } clone [ [ next ] 2curry times ] keep peek 1- ;
+
+PRIVATE>
+
+: (euler116) ( length -- permutations )
+ 3 [1,b] [ ways ] with sigma ;
+
+: euler116 ( -- permutations )
+ 50 (euler116) ;