#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright 2010-2025 Google LLC # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. """Magic sequence problem. This models aims at building a sequence of numbers such that the number of occurrences of i in this sequence is equal to the value of the ith number. It uses an aggregated formulation of the count expression called distribute(). Usage: python magic_sequence_distribute.py NUMBER """ from absl import app from absl import flags from ortools.constraint_solver import pywrapcp FLAGS = flags.FLAGS def main(argv): # Create the solver. solver = pywrapcp.Solver("magic sequence") # Create an array of IntVars to hold the answers. size = int(argv[1]) if len(argv) > 1 else 100 all_values = list(range(0, size)) all_vars = [solver.IntVar(0, size, "vars_%d" % i) for i in all_values] # The number of variables equal to j shall be the value of all_vars[j]. solver.Add(solver.Distribute(all_vars, all_values, all_vars)) # The sum of all the values shall be equal to the size. # (This constraint is redundant, but speeds up the search.) solver.Add(solver.Sum(all_vars) == size) solver.NewSearch( solver.Phase(all_vars, solver.CHOOSE_FIRST_UNBOUND, solver.ASSIGN_MIN_VALUE) ) solver.NextSolution() print(all_vars) solver.EndSearch() if __name__ == "__main__": app.run(main)