curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/rosetta-code-challenges/5951ed8945deab770972ae56.md
Solve the Towers of Hanoi problem. The number of objects will be given as the first parameter, followed by the strings used to identify each stack of objects. Create a nested array containing the list of moves, ["source", "destination"].
For example, the parameters (4, 'A', 'B', 'C'), will result in nested array of moves [['A', 'C'], ['B', 'A']], indicating that the 1st move was to move an object from stack A to C and the 2nd move was to move an object from stack B to A.
Write a function that returns the moves to stack the objects in a nested array.
const res3Moves = [['A', 'B'], ['A', 'C'], ['B', 'C'], ['A', 'B'], ['C', 'A'], ['C', 'B'], ['A', 'B']];
const res7First10Moves = [['A', 'B'], ['A', 'C'], ['B', 'C'], ['A', 'B'], ['C', 'A'], ['C', 'B'], ['A', 'B'], ['A', 'C'], ['B', 'C'], ['B', 'A']];
function getTowerResults_() {
return {
res3: towerOfHanoi(3, 'A', 'B', 'C'),
res5: towerOfHanoi(5, 'X', 'Y', 'Z'),
res7: towerOfHanoi(7, 'A', 'B', 'C')
};
}
towerOfHanoi should be a function.
assert(typeof towerOfHanoi === 'function');
towerOfHanoi(3, ...) should return 7 moves.
assert(getTowerResults_().res3.length === 7);
towerOfHanoi(3, 'A', 'B', 'C') should return [['A','B'], ['A','C'], ['B','C'], ['A','B'], ['C','A'], ['C','B'], ['A','B']].
assert.deepEqual(getTowerResults_().res3, res3Moves);
towerOfHanoi(5, "X", "Y", "Z") 10th move should be Y -> X.
const { res5 } = getTowerResults_();
assert.deepEqual(res5[9], ['Y', 'X']);
towerOfHanoi(7, 'A', 'B', 'C') first ten moves should be [['A','B'], ['A','C'], ['B','C'], ['A','B'], ['C','A'], ['C','B'], ['A','B'], ['A','C'], ['B','C'], ['B','A']]
const { res7 } = getTowerResults_();
assert.deepEqual(res7.slice(0, 10), res7First10Moves);
function towerOfHanoi(n, a, b, c) {
return [[]];
}
function towerOfHanoi(n, a, b, c) {
const res = [];
towerOfHanoiHelper(n, a, c, b, res);
return res;
}
function towerOfHanoiHelper(n, a, b, c, res) {
if (n > 0) {
towerOfHanoiHelper(n - 1, a, c, b, res);
res.push([a, c]);
towerOfHanoiHelper(n - 1, b, a, c, res);
}
}