RPL Micro-Challenge: Christmas in July
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07-17-2017, 02:26 PM
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RPL Micro-Challenge: Christmas in July
Everybody knows the "12 Days of Christmas" Song (Partridge in a Pear Tree etc). How many gifts has my true love given to me altogether by the end of Day 3? Well, the sum of today's 6 gifts (3+2+1) plus yesterday's 3 gifts (2+1) plus the first day's 1 gift comes to 10 gifts in all. So the Total Gifts through Day 3 = TG(3) = 10.
What is the smallest possible (byte-count) User RPL program that calculates TG(x)? To check your program, here are a few sample inputs and outputs: TG(3)=10 TG(5)=35 TG(12)=364 TG(365)=8171255 N.B. This is called a micro-challenge instead of a mini-challenge because a REALLY SMALL solution exists. If it's obvious to you, please don't post it right away; let others try to find it first. "We only appreciate the answer if we struggle with the question." -- Ignatius O'Brien, O.P. <0|ΙΈ|0> -Joe- |
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