I am trying to multiple a variable (input from the user) and 4. For some reason, this simple task can not be completed by me.
Here is the code:
print "Enter an Integer between 1 and 12: "
x = gets
puts x * 4
Instead of multiplying x and 4, it will print x a total of four times.
That's because x is a string, and the * method on strings is repetition. You need to convert it to a number using the #to_i method first.
x = gets.to_i
puts x * 4
Should do what you want.
Related
I want to take an integer from the user, and generate a sequence of five numbers starting with the given integer, and multiplying each previous number by four, using iteration. E.g., if I enter 2 then the list should be [2, 8, 32, 128, 512].
n = gets
i = 0
while i < 4
n = n * 4
p n
i = i + 1
end
I am not sure if you are looking to create an array of numbers to use later or just want to iterate. In the following you can replace puts memo with whatever you want, memo will contain the value you are looking for each pass.
s = 2
(s...(s+5)).reduce(s) do |memo, i|
puts memo
memo = memo * 4
end
Run:
(5 - 1).times.with_object([gets.to_i]){|i, a| a.push(a.last * 4)}
Input:
2
Return value:
[2, 8, 32, 128, 512]
There are a lot of ways to accomplish what you are describing. You already have some implementations in the comments and in the other answer by #Abhimanyu.
the trouble I'm having is to iterate the value for the sequence. I keep getting it as [2,2,2,2,2]
Your code example won't work because Kernel#gets doesn't return a number, but a String followed by a newline character (because it uses a default separator, from the global variable $/, which happens to be "\n"):
[1] pry(main)> gets
2
=> "2\n"
[2] pry(main)> gets.class
2
=> String
To fix your snippet you'll need to add .chomp.to_i to remove the newline and to convert it to an integer:
def generate_sequence
n = gets.chomp.to_i
i = 0
while i < 4
n = n * 4
p n
i = i + 1
end
end
I coded a conversion tool from binary to integer, but it had a limit on how large the number can be. So, I tried to code a formula for binary. I came up with an equation, so I tried to put it into code. Everything worked, except for applying the equation to each digit. This is the equation I came up with:
Let d represent the integer
Let z represent any (and every) digit
d = z[2^(z-1)]
This is what I've coded so far:
answer = gets.chomp
n = answer.reverse # reverses the answer
y1 = answer.size # the amount of digits in the answer
x1 = answer
z = (1..y1).each { |z| puts z } # every number between 1 and number of digits
w = (1..1).each.to_a * y1.to_i #in case I need to multiply the entire array
s = x1 # [z] - 1 # any given digit minus one
v = 2 ** s.to_i # exponent
u = z.zip(w).map{|x, y| x * y} # an array: [1, 2, 3]
print u
t = u.to_i # Tried converting to integer
puts x1[t]
But when I ran that, for example, with the number 1011, I got this error:
[1, 2, 3, 4]
undefined method `to_i' for [1, 2, 3, 4]:Array
Did you mean? to_s
to_a
to_h
(repl):16:in `<main>'
I feel like I have tried everything, but if you somehow find a way to apply the equation to every digit, or if you come up with a simpler equation, please tell me.
This return an array u = z.zip(w).map{|x, y| x * y} so you are triying to conver an array to integer. If you want, you can do something like this:
array = [1,0,1] #your binary in array form
s = array.join('') #transform it into string
s.to_i(2) #this return the integer and result (2) represents base
Check this link
And for better: array.join('').to_i(2)
I'm working on a Codewars Ruby problem, and don't understand the error I'm seeing. Here are the instructions:
Coding decimal numbers with factorials is a way of writing out numbers
in a base system that depends on factorials, rather than powers of
numbers. In this system, the last digit is always 0 and is in base 0!.
The digit before that is either 0 or 1 and is in base 1!. The digit
before that is either 0, 1, or 2 and is in base 2!. More generally,
the nth-to-last digit in always 0, 1, 2, ..., or n and is in base n!.
Example : decimal number 463 is coded as "341010"
because 463 (base 10) = 3×5! + 4×4! + 1×3! + 0×2! + 1×1! + 0×0!
If we are limited to digits 0...9 the biggest number we can code is
10! - 1.
So we extend 0..9 with letters A to Z. With these 36 digits we can
code up to 36! − 1 = 37199332678990121746799944815083519999999910
(base 10)
We code two functions, the first one will code a decimal number and
return a string with the factorial representation :
"dec2FactString(nb)"
the second one will decode a string with a factorial representation
and produce the decimal representation : "factString2Dec(str)".
Given numbers will be positive.
Note
You can hope tests with Big Integers in Clojure, Python, Ruby, Haskel
but not with Java and others where the number "nb" in
"dec2FactString(nb)" is at most a long.
Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial_number_system
def dec2FactString(nb)
if nb <= 0 then
num = 1
else
num = (nb * dec2FactString(nb - 1))
end
return num
end
Note that this method is only the first half of the problem. This code appears to work inasmuch as it returns the correct factorial, as a Fixnum when using this test:
Test.assert_equals(dec2FactString(4), "24")
Since the instructions ask for a string, I'd normally think that just adding ".to_s" to the num variable would take care of that, but instead I'm seeing a consistent "String can't be coerced into Fixnum (TypeError)" error message. I've tried pushing the output to an array and printing from there, but saw the same error.
I read up on Fixnum a little, and I understand the error in terms of adding a Fixnum to a string won't work, but I don't think I'm doing that in this case - I just want to convert the Fixnum output into a string. Am I missing something?
Observe - this code breaks and produces the error below it:
def dec2FactString(nb)
if nb <= 0 then
num = 1
else
num = (nb * dec2FactString(nb - 1))
end
return num.to_s
end
Example from description
`*': String can't be coerced into Fixnum (TypeError)
from `dec2FactString'
from `dec2FactString'
from `dec2FactString'
from `dec2FactString'
from `block in
'
from `block in describe'
from `measure'
from `describe'
from `
'
You're calling this function recursively. If you calculated the factorial of 1 and left to_s in there, it'd be fine since you're not reusing the variable.
However, if you do place to_s in there, what would you expect the result of num = (nb * dec2FactString(nb - 1)) to be? dec2FactString would be returning a str instead of a Fixnum, and you can't/shouldn't be able to do multiplication between a number and a string.
What you could do is split the responsibilities of stringification and calculation by creating two methods - one that delegates to the recursive function, and one that coerces its result into a string.
def dec2FactString(nb)
return fact(nb).to_s
end
def fact(nb)
if nb <= 0 then
1
else
nb * fact(nb - 1)
end
end
Firstly, Factorial is only defined on non-negative numbers and so your first test is incorrect (if nb <= 0). The recursion should stop when the number is 0 and should return 1 at that point.
Because your recursion returns a string and not a number, you cannot multiply the string by a Fixnum in the next round of recursion. Your recursion can be expanded via the substitution method to the following.
dec2FactString(5)
5 * dec2FactString(4)
5 * 4 * dec2FactString(3)
5 * 4 * 3 * dec2FactString(2)
5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * dec2FactString(1)
5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 * dec2FactString(0)
5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 * "1"
... That is the point where the recursion ends in an error since dec2FactString(0) returns "1"
It would be far better to break it into two functions. One that calculates factorial recursively and one that converts the final answer to a string. Also, you don't need to explicitly return a value in Ruby. The last line of a function is the return value.
I won't give you the complete code as you won't learn anything. As a few hints, do some research on tail call optimisation, recursion and return values in Ruby. This will allow you to craft a better implementation of the recursive function.
Happy coding!
If I randomly put in two numbers (first number is smaller), how do I use a for-loop to add all the numbers between and itself?
ex:
first number: 3
second number: 5
the computer should give an answer of '12'.
How do I do that using a for-loop?
In Ruby we seldom use a for loop because it leaves litter behind. Instead, you can very simply do what you want using inject:
(3..5).inject(:+) # => 12
This is using some of the deeper Ruby magic (:+), which is a symbol for the + method and is passed into inject. How it works is a different question and is something you'll need to learn later.
Don't insist on doing something in a language using a particular construct you learned in another language. That will often force non-idiomatic code and will keep you from learning how to do it as other programmers in that language would do it. That creates maintenance issues and makes you less desirable in the workplace.
Simple for loop across the range you defined:
puts "Enter first number: "
first = gets.to_i
puts "Enter second number: "
second = gets.to_i
total = 0
for i in (first..second) do
total += i
end
puts total
Note that if you don't enter a valid number, it will converted to 0. Also this assumes the second number is larger than the first.
In Rails, or in plain-vanilla Ruby with ActiveSupport, you can do something even simpler than a for loop, or than what other people wrote.
(first_num..second_num).sum
This is shorthand for sum in Ruby:
sum = 0
(first_num..second_num).each { |num| sum += num }
first, second = [3,5]
for x in (0..0) do
p (first + second)*(second - first + 1) / 2
end
I know you said for loop, but why not use what Ruby gives you?
> a = 3
> b = 5
> a.upto(b).inject(0) {|m,o| m += o}
=> 12
If you insist on a for loop...
> m = 0
=> 0
> for i in 3..5
* m += i
* end
=> 3..5
> m
=> 12
Since Ruby 2.4 you directly call sum on an Enumerable.
For Example [1, 2, 3].sum #=> 6
In Ruby it's very rare to see a for loop. In this instance a more idiomatic method would be upto:
x = 3
y = 5
total = 0
x.upto(y) do |n|
total += n
end
puts total
# => 12
Another method would be to use reduce:
total = x.upto(y).reduce do |sum, n|
sum += n
end
...which can be shortened to this:
total = x.upto(y).reduce(&:+)
For instance:
8 > 10 = true, since 8 is divisible by 2 three times and 10 only once.
How can I compare two integers from any range of numbers? Are the modulo and divide operator capable of doing this task?
Use binary caculate to judge it
def devided_by_two(i)
return i.to_s(2).match(/0*$/).to_s.count('0')
end
To make integer divisibility by 2, just transcode it to binary and judge how many zero from end of banary number. The code I provide can be more simple I think.
Yes, they are capable. A number is even if, when you divide it by two, the remainder is zero.
Hence, you can use a loop to continuously divide by two until you get an odd number, keeping a count of how many times you did it.
The (pseudo-code) function for assigning a "divisibility by two, continuously" value to a number would be something like:
def howManyDivByTwo(x):
count = 0
while x % 2 == 0:
count = count + 1
x = x / 2 # make sure integer division
return count
That shouldn't be too hard to turn into Ruby (or any procedural-type language, really), such as:
def howManyDivByTwo(x)
count = 0
while x % 2 == 0
count = count + 1
x = x / 2
end
return count
end
print howManyDivByTwo(4), "\n"
print howManyDivByTwo(10), "\n"
print howManyDivByTwo(11), "\n"
print howManyDivByTwo(65536), "\n"
This outputs the correct:
2
1
0
16
Astute readers will have noticed there's an edge case in that function, you probably don't want to try passing zero to it. If it was production code, you'd need to catch that and act intelligently since you can divide zero by two until the cows come home, without ever reaching an odd number.
What value you return for zero depends on needs you haven't specified in detail. Theoretically (mathematically), you should return infinity but I'll leave that up to you.
Notice that you will likely mess up much of your code if you redefine such basic method. Knowing that, this is how it's done:
class Integer
def <=> other
me = self
return 0 if me.zero? and other.zero?
return -1 if other.zero?
return 1 if me.zero?
while me.even? and other.even?
me /= 2
other /= 2
end
return 0 if me.odd? and other.odd?
return -1 if me.odd?
return 1 if other.odd? # This condition is redundant, but is here for symmetry.
end
end