Will this work?

[Rendflex]

2 lemons + 3 oranges =

*Mind blown*

[birdplane]

1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1-1+1+1+1+1+1+1x0 = 14

[Tomsen1410]

so, u want a function for that?
i think its pretty hard to make... hmmm

[Justin]

Well made a start in gsc code (not yet done though):

Code:

/********NOT YET DONE*********
* Purpose: Does the Expression with various groupings.
* Parameter Expression requires a string.
* Seperate each integer and operator with a space.
* Example input: "11 + 2 - 3"
* Returns an array of the (unique) results.
*/
noParens( Expression )
{
    if( !isDefined(Expression) || Expression == "" )
        return undefined;
    Tokens = strTok( Expression, " " );
    if( Tokens.size == 1 )
        return int(Expression);
    for( i=0;i<Tokens.size;i++)
        if( i%2==0 )
            Tokens[i] = int( Tokens[ i ] );
    resultArray = [];
    
    //TODO: Do the various groupings here and put the results in resultArray[].
    
    for( i=0;i<resultArray.size;i++ )
        if( isDefined( resultArray[i] ))
            for( x=i+1;x<resultArray.size;x++ )
                if( isDefined( resultArray[x] ) && x != i && resultArray[i] == resultArray[x])
                    resultArray[x] = undefined;
    resultArrayNoSame = [];
    for( i=0;i<resultArray.size;i++ )
        if( isDefined( resultArray[i] ))
            resultArrayNoSame[resultArrayNoSame.size] = resultArray[i];
    return resultArrayNoSame;
}

Edit: Small improvement.

[OrangePL]

Uhhh this IT english.. hurts brain

[Pozzuh]

What he means is:
when you do 1 + 2 + 3 * 4 - 5 * 2 the answer is 5 but when you do
1 + 2 + 3 * (4 - 5) * 2 the answer is -3
he wants to know all possible answers by putting the brackets () somewhere else

[Rendflex]

What he means is:
when you do 1 + 2 + 3 * 4 - 5 * 2 the answer is 5 but when you do
1 + 2 + 3 * (4 - 5) * 2 the answer is -3
he wants to know all possible answers by putting the brackets () somewhere else

And why do he want to know that?

[johamort]

Justin Is the only one who didn't get owned by the mindfuck

[master131]

It's asking to create a function which will calculate every single combination possible by moving/shifting brackets. Probably overdid it in the explanation but lol. I believe this was one of the question used in a programming interview. Seems copy and pasted anyway.

[Pozzuh]

Justin Is the only one who didn't get owned by the mindfuck

I didn't get mindfucked ...