From: James Gray <james@...>
Date: 2008-01-26T03:06:48+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Making Change (#154)

On Jan 25, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Warren Brown wrote:

> James,
>
>> What if the coins were 10, 7, and 1 cent pieces though
>> and we wanted to make 14 cents change?  We would
>> probably want to do:
>>
>> 	>> make_change(14, [10, 7, 1])
>> 	=> [7, 7]
>> ...
>> Your function should always return the optimal change
>> with optimal being the least amount of coins involved.
>
>    Do you have a preference for breaking ties?  For example, which
> would you prefer for make_change(21, [10, 7, 1]): [7, 7, 7] or [10,  
> 10,
> 1]?

No preference.  Either is a valid answer.

James Edward Gray II