freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/08-coding-interview-prep/project-euler/problem-191-prize-strings.english.md

id	challengeType	title	forumTopicId
5900f42b1000cf542c50ff3e	5	Problem 191: Prize Strings	301829

Description

A particular school offers cash rewards to children with good attendance and punctuality. If they are absent for three consecutive days or late on more than one occasion then they forfeit their prize.

During an n-day period a trinary string is formed for each child consisting of L's (late), O's (on time), and A's (absent).

Although there are eighty-one trinary strings for a 4-day period that can be formed, exactly forty-three strings would lead to a prize:

OOOO OOOA OOOL OOAO OOAA OOAL OOLO OOLA OAOO OAOA OAOL OAAO OAAL OALO OALA OLOO OLOA OLAO OLAA AOOO AOOA AOOL AOAO AOAA AOAL AOLO AOLA AAOO AAOA AAOL AALO AALA ALOO ALOA ALAO ALAA LOOO LOOA LOAO LOAA LAOO LAOA LAAO

How many "prize" strings exist over a 30-day period?

Instructions

Tests

tests:
  - text: <code>euler191()</code> should return 1918080160.
    testString: assert.strictEqual(euler191(), 1918080160);

Challenge Seed

function euler191() {
  // Good luck!
  return true;
}

euler191();

Solution

// solution required