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Project Euler 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 (Ruby)

July 2010, ruby · ruby1-9 · hints · tutorial · fun · one-liners · euler

More solutions for the projecteuler.net problems. Some of them are solved using 1.9.2 features.

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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=6
#  square of sum minus sum of squares of 1..100

sum_of_squares = (1..100).inject{|acc, ele| acc + ele**2}
square_of_sum  = (1..100).inject{|acc, ele| acc + ele}**2

puts square_of_sum - sum_of_squares
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=7
#  calculate the 10001st prime

# it is about a fixed size, so do not try to reach Infinity
MAX  = 111_111
FIND =  10_001

# very simple and inefficient prime test
class Integer
  def prime?
    (2..(self/3)).each{ |ele|
      return false if self%ele == 0
    }
    true
  end
end

# initialize possible primes to sieve them out
candidates = (3..MAX).step(2).to_a
count = 2

# take next prime and increase counter if it is a prime + sieve
ret = while candidate = candidates.shift
  if candidate.prime?
    candidates.keep_if{ |ele|
      ele % candidate != 0
    }

    if count == FIND
      break candidate
    else
      count += 1
    end
  end
end

puts ret
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=8
#  find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number

puts \
 DATA.             # acces data after __END__
 read.             # read it all as string
 gsub("\n",'').    # remove newlines
 chars.            # get characters enum
 map(&:to_i).      # convert each char to number
 each_cons(5).     # get all "5 conscutive" posibilities
 map{|five_numbers| five_numbers.inject(:*) }. # multiply them
 max               # maximum

__END__
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=9
#  find a*b*c with these conditions:
#   a + b + c = 1000
#   a < b  and  b < c
#   a**2 + b**2 = c**2

# =>
# a < 333
# b < 500

ret = catch :found do
  (0...333).each{ |a|
    ((a+1)...500).each{ |b|
      c = 1000 - b - a
      if a**2 + b**2 == c**2
        throw :found, a*b*c
      end
    }
  }
  false
end

puts ret
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=10
#  calculate the sum of all primes under 2 000 000

# this solution is cheated and uses Ruby's implementation of finding primes
# see prime.rb in a recent Ruby source if you want to study how this works ;)
require 'mathn'

puts Prime.inject{ |sum, ele| if  ele < 2_000_000  then  sum + ele  else  break sum  end }
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=11
#  the greatest product of four adjacent numbers in any direction (down, right, or diagonally)

# get input
grid = DATA.map{|e| e.split.map(&:to_i) }

# define how to get consecutive products using lambdas
neighbours =->(e){ e.each_cons(4) }
product    =->(e){ e.inject(:*) }
get        =->(m){ m.map( &neighbours ).flat_map{|e| e.map( &product )} }

diag       =->(m,r=1){ m.map.with_index{|e,i| [*e,0].rotate( r*i ) }.transpose }


# get all possible variations
horizontal   = get[ grid ]
vertical     = get[ grid.transpose   ]
diagonal_ltr = get[ diag[ grid     ] ]
diagonal_rtl = get[ diag[ grid, -1 ] ]

# put out
puts (horizontal + vertical + diagonal_ltr + diagonal_rtl).max

__END__
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=12
#  the first triangle number (1+2+3+4+...) which has over five hundred divisors

# you can calculate the number of factors with this formula:
#  (a_1 + 1) * (a_2 + 1) * (a_3 + 1)
# where a_n are the exponents of the prime factors:
#  (p_1**a_1) * (p_2**a_2) * (p_3**a_3)

require 'mathn'

MAX = 500

triangle = current = 1

until MAX < Prime.prime_division(triangle).inject(1){ |product, (_, factor)|
  product * (factor + 1)
}
  current  += 1
  triangle += current
end

puts triangle
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=13
#  find the first ten digits of the sum of the following one-hundred 50-digit numbers

# Ruby has Bignum, so we can turn off our brains :)
puts DATA.map(&:to_i).inject(:+).to_s[0...10]

__END__
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=14
#  iterative sequence
#   n -> n/2    (n is even)
#   n -> 3n + 1 (n is odd)
#  using the rule above and starting with 13, we generate the following sequence:
#   13 -> 40 -> 20 -> 10 -> 5 -> 16 -> 8 -> 4 -> 2 -> 1  (10 terms)
#  which starting number, under one million, produces the longest chain?

MAX = 1_000_000

# lambdas, lambdas, lambdas :)
even  =->(n) {n/2}
odd   =->(n) {3*n + 1}

chain =->(n, c=1) {
  if n==1
    @cache[@original] = c
  elsif d = @cache[n]
    @cache[@original] = c + d
  else
    chain.( if n.even? then even.(n) else odd.(n) end , c+=1 )
  end
}

# calculate
@cache = {}

puts (1..MAX).max_by{ |e|
  @original = e
  chain.(e)
}
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=15

# this one is math, not coding
#  see https://betterexplained.com/articles/navigate-a-grid-using-combinations-and-permutations/

# using the exclamation mark, just for fun :)
class Integer
  def !
    (1..self).inject(:*)
  end
end

# oops, it's on the wrong side °_°
puts !(20 + 20) / (!20 * !20)
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=16
#  the sum of the digits of the number 2**1000

# again, <3 Bignum
puts (2**1000).to_s.chars.inject(0){|sum, char| sum + char.to_i}
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=17
#  if all the numbers from 1 to 1000 were written out in words,
#  how many letters would be used? (not counting hyphens and spaces)

# create word hash
words = Hash[ (1..20).zip %w|
one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen
seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty| ].merge({
 30 => 'thirty',
 40 => 'forty',
 50 => 'fifty',
 60 => 'sixty',
 70 => 'seventy',
 80 => 'eighty',
 90 => 'ninety',
 100 => 'hundred',
 1000 => 'onethousand',
 0  => '',
})

# lambdas
size =->(n){ # returns the length of the word or nil if not in hash
  (x=words[n]) && x.size
}

two  =->(n){ # returns the size of a two digit number
  size[n] || size[n/10*10] + size[n%10]
}


# start calculating
puts (1..1000).inject(0){ |sum, n| sum + (
  size[n] || size[n/100] + # return from hash or sum of _x_ hundred,

  if n < 100
    0
  else # "hundred [and]"
    size[100] + if n % 100 == 0 then 0 else 3 end
  end +

  two[n%100] # and the last two digits
)} + 3 # special case "one hundred" instead of "hundred"
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# https://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=18
#  find the maximum total path through the triangle

# already did this at codegolf: https://codegolf.com/total-triangles :)

triangle = DATA.map{|e|e.split.map(&:to_i)}.reverse # from bottom to up

puts triangle.inject{ |cur, row|
  (0...row.size).map{ |ele|
    row[ele] + cur[ele, 2].max # only remember maximum
  }
}[0]

__END__
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Your feedback will be very much appreciated ;)

Other solutions: 1-5, 19-25

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Ben Griswold | July 15, 2010

Thanks for posting these solutions, Jan! As you know, I have worked through each of these problems myself, but I foolishly haven’t been searching the web for alternate Ruby solutions after coming up with my own implementation. You have definitely given me reason to do so though as I learned something new from nearly every one of your listings!

J-_-L | July 19, 2010

Ben, thank you for the comment and the mention in your blog post :). It's great to read other people's code for the same problem.

Anonymous | September 28, 2012

Please do not post solutions to Project Euler problems outside the designated problem forum.