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How to write brute-force?
By HappyLittlePony, 10 years ago, In English

Simple question:How to write easy-to-implement brute force solutions? Which techniques do you use (like using next_permutation)?

Thank you for all answers:-)

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10 years ago, # |
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In this case : B r u t e f o r c e

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For brute-force I use recursion 90% of the time. If you are brute-forcing something which state can be described by a permutation, then sure — go with next_permutation.

But in general brute-force is not algorithm but an approach so it's hard to give you any real advice that will always work. In general I use backtracking with recursion and that's the most standard approach.

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