# modify program 5 or program 4 so that the best calculated # solution is stored in a solution table. Evaluate the computation time # saved and the display savings. import time # Function to calculate all combinations of coins to make a specific amount def calculate_change_combinations(coins, amount): # Convert euro amounts to cents for calculations amount_cents = int(amount * 100) coin_values_cents = [int(coin * 100) for coin in coins] # Initialize a list to store combinations and their counts combinations = [] stack = [(0, [], 0)] # (current amount in cents, current combination, current coin index) best_solution = [[] for i in range(len(coins))] while stack: current_amount, current_combination, current_coin_index = stack.pop() # If the current combination sums up to the target amount, add it to the list if current_amount == amount_cents: if len(current_combination) < len(best_solution): best_solution = current_combination # If the current amount is less than the target amount and there are more coins to consider elif current_amount < amount_cents and current_coin_index < len(coin_values_cents): coin = coin_values_cents[current_coin_index] max_count = (amount_cents - current_amount) // coin # Maximum count of the current coin # Try adding different counts of the current coin to explore possibilities for count in range(max_count + 1): new_amount = current_amount + count * coin new_combination = current_combination + [coins[current_coin_index]] * count # Push the new state onto the stack for further exploration stack.append((new_amount, new_combination, current_coin_index + 1)) return best_solution # Define the list of available coin denominations and the amount amount of change L = [5, 2, 1, 0.5, 0.2, 0.1, 0.05] A = 12.35 start = time.perf_counter() solution = calculate_change_combinations(L, A) with open("sol_4-6.txt", "w") as f: f.write(str(solution)) f.write("\n") total_time_3 = time.perf_counter() - start start = time.perf_counter() solution = calculate_change_combinations(L, A) total_time_6 = time.perf_counter() - start print("Solution: ", solution) print("Total time for program 3: ", total_time_3) print("Total time for program 6: ", total_time_6)