src/restoreIPAddresses/restoreIPAddresses.cpp

// Source : https://oj.leetcode.com/problems/restore-ip-addresses/
// Author : Hao Chen
// Date   : 2014-08-26

/********************************************************************************** 
* 
* Given a string containing only digits, restore it by returning all possible valid IP address combinations.
* 
* For example:
* Given "25525511135",
* 
* return ["255.255.11.135", "255.255.111.35"]. (Order does not matter)
* 
*               
**********************************************************************************/

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

void restoreIpAddressesHelper(string& s, int start, int partNum, string ip, vector<string>& result);

vector<string> restoreIpAddresses(string s) {
    vector<string> result;
    string ip;
    restoreIpAddressesHelper(s, 0, 0, ip, result);
    return result;
}

void restoreIpAddressesHelper(string& s, int start, int partNum, string ip, vector<string>& result) {

    int len = s.size();
    if ( len - start < 4-partNum  || len - start > (4-partNum)*3 ) {
        return;
    }

    if (partNum == 4 && start == len){
        ip.erase(ip.end()-1, ip.end());
        result.push_back(ip);
        return;
    }

    int num = 0;
    for (int i=start; i<start+3; i++){
        num = num*10 + s[i]-'0';
        if (num<256){
            ip+=s[i];
            restoreIpAddressesHelper(s, i+1, partNum+1, ip+'.', result);
        }         
        //0.0.0.0 valid, but 0.1.010.01 is not
        if (num == 0) {
            break;
        }
    }
       
}


int main(int argc, char**argv)
{
    string s = "25525511135";
    if (argc>1){
        s = argv[1];
    }

    vector<string> result = restoreIpAddresses(s);

    cout << s << endl;
    for(int i=0; i<result.size(); i++){
        cout << '\t' << result[i] << endl;
    }
    return 0;
}