#include #include #include #include #include #include using namespace std; #define MAX 100 int n, l; int dp[MAX][MAX]; int minCost(vector a, int left, int right) { if (right - left == 1) { return 0; } if (dp[left][right] != -1) { return dp[left][right]; } int ans = 999999999; for (int i = left + 1; i < right; i++) { ans = min(ans, minCost(a, left, i) + minCost(a, i, right) + (a[right] - a[left])); } return dp[left][right] = ans; } int main() { cin >> l; while (l != 0) { cin >> n; vector points; memset(dp, -1, sizeof dp); points.push_back(0); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { int x; cin >> x; points.push_back(x); } points.push_back(l); int ans = minCost(points, 0, n + 1); printf("The minimum cutting is %d.\n", ans); cin >> l; } }