#P1555. Polynomial Showdown
Polynomial Showdown
Description
Given the coefficients of a polynomial from degree 8 down to 0, you are to format the polynomial in a readable format with unnecessary characters removed. For instance, given the coefficients 0, 0, 0, 1, 22, -333, 0, 1, and -1, you should generate an output line which displays x^5 + 22x^4 - 333x^3 + x - 1.
The formatting rules which must be adhered to are as follows:-
Terms must appear in decreasing order of degree.
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Exponents should appear after a caret `"^".
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The constant term appears as only the constant.
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Only terms with nonzero coefficients should appear, unless all terms have zero coefficients in which case the constant term should appear.
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The only spaces should be a single space on either side of the binary + and - operators.
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If the leading term is positive then no sign should precede it; a negative leading term should be preceded by a minus sign, as in -7x^2 + 30x + 66.
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Negated terms should appear as a subtracted unnegated term (with the exception of a negative leading term which should appear as described above). That is, rather than x^2 + -3x, the output should be x^2 - 3x.
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The constants 1 and -1 should appear only as the constant term. That is, rather than -1x^3 + 1x^2 + 3x^1 - 1, the output should appear as-x^3 + x^2 + 3x - 1.
Input
The input will contain one or more lines of coefficients delimited by one or more spaces. There are nine coefficients per line, each coefficient being an integer with a magnitude of less than 1000.
Output
The output should contain the formatted polynomials, one per line.
0 0 0 1 22 -333 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -55 5 0
x^5 + 22x^4 - 333x^3 + x - 1 -55x^2 + 5x
Source
Mid-Central USA 1996