#include #include using namespace std; int length; int cut[50], cost[51][51]; int dp(int x, int y) { if (cost[x][y] > -1) { return cost[x][y]; } int ans = 2147483647, i; for (i = x + 1; i < y; i++) { ans = min(ans, dp(x, i) + dp(i, y)); } cost[x][y] = ans + cut[y] - cut[x]; return cost[x][y]; } int main() { cin.tie(0); ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); int i, n, j; while (cin >> length && length) { for (i = 0; i < 51; i++) { for (j = i; j < 51; j++) if (i + 1 == j) { cost[i][j] = 0; } else { cost[i][j] = -1; } } cin >> n; cut[0] = 0; cut[n + 1] = length; for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) { cin >> cut[i]; } cout << "The minimum cutting is " << dp(0, n + 1) << ".\n"; } return 0; }