""" You have m types of coins available in infinite quantities where the value of each coins is given in the array S=[S0,... Sm-1] Can you determine number of ways of making change for n units using the given types of coins? https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/coin-change/problem """ def dp_count(s, n): """ >>> dp_count([1, 2, 3], 4) 4 >>> dp_count([1, 2, 3], 7) 8 >>> dp_count([2, 5, 3, 6], 10) 5 >>> dp_count([10], 99) 0 >>> dp_count([4, 5, 6], 0) 1 >>> dp_count([1, 2, 3], -5) 0 """ if n < 0: return 0 # table[i] represents the number of ways to get to amount i table = [0] * (n + 1) # There is exactly 1 way to get to zero(You pick no coins). table[0] = 1 # Pick all coins one by one and update table[] values # after the index greater than or equal to the value of the # picked coin for coin_val in s: for j in range(coin_val, n + 1): table[j] += table[j - coin_val] return table[n] if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()