I'm struggling a bit with dynamic programming. To be more specific, implementing an algorithm for finding Fibonacci numbers of n.
I have a naive algorithm that works:
int fib(int n) {
if(n <= 1)
return n;
return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2);
}
But when i try to do it with memoization the function always returns 0:
int fib_mem(int n) {
if(lookup_table[n] == NIL) {
if(n <= 1)
lookup_table[n] = n;
else
lookup_table[n] = fib_mem(n-1) + fib_mem(n-2);
}
return lookup_table[n];
}
I've defined the lookup_table and initially stored NIL in all elements.
Any ideas what could be wrong?
Here's the whole program as requested:
#include <iostream>
#define NIL -1
#define MAX 100
long int lookup_table[MAX];
using namespace std;
int fib(int n);
int fib_mem(int n);
void initialize() {
for(int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
lookup_table[i] == NIL;
}
}
int main() {
int n;
long int fibonnaci, fibonacci_mem;
cin >> n;
// naive solution
fibonnaci = fib(n);
// memoized solution
initialize();
fibonacci_mem = fib_mem(n);
cout << fibonnaci << endl << fibonacci_mem << endl;
return 0;
}
int fib(int n) {
if(n <= 1)
return n;
return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2);
}
int fib_mem(int n) {
if(lookup_table[n] == NIL) {
if(n <= 1)
lookup_table[n] = n;
else
lookup_table[n] = fib_mem(n-1) + fib_mem(n-2);
}
return lookup_table[n];
}