#!/usr/bin/env python3 ######################################################################## # Solves problem 15 from projectEuler.net. # Finds the number of routes in a 20x20 sided square. # Copyright (C) 2010 Santiago Alessandri # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # You can contact me at san.lt.ss@gmail.com # Visit my wiki at http://san-ss.wikidot.com ######################################################################## if __name__ == '__main__': #Building the matrix sqre = [[]] for i in range(21): sqre[0].append(1) for i in range(1,21): row = [1] for i in range(1,21): row.append(0) sqre.append(row) #Processing the routes for i in range(1,21): for j in range(1, 21): sqre[i][j] = sqre[i-1][j] + sqre[i][j-1] print("The result is:", sqre[20][20])