Different Ways to Add Parentheses

Given a string of numbers and operators, return all possible results from computing all the different possible ways to group numbers and operators. The valid operators are +, - and *.

Example 1

Input: “2-1-1”.

((2-1)-1) = 0
(2-(1-1)) = 2

Output: [0, 2]

Example 2

Input: “2*3-4*5”

(2*(3-(4*5))) = -34
((2*3)-(4*5)) = -14
((2*(3-4))*5) = -10
(2*((3-4)*5)) = -10
(((2*3)-4)*5) = 10

Output: [-34, -14, -10, -10, 10]

Solution:

public class Solution {
    public List<Integer> diffWaysToCompute(String input) {
        List<Integer> ans = new ArrayList<>();
        for(int i=0; i<input.length(); i++){
            char c = input.charAt(i);
            if(c=='+'||c=='-'||c=='*'){
                List<Integer> part1 = diffWaysToCompute(input.substring(0, i));
                List<Integer> part2 = diffWaysToCompute(input.substring(i+1));
                for(Integer p1 : part1){
                    for(Integer p2 : part2){
                        switch(c){
                            case '+' : ans.add(p1+p2); break;
                            case '-' : ans.add(p1-p2); break;
                            case '*' : ans.add(p1*p2); break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if(ans.size()==0) ans.add(Integer.valueOf(input));
        return ans;
    }
}
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