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# If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that are multiples of 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9. The sum of these multiples is 23. | |
# Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000. | |
def list_of_mults(from, multiple) | |
from.select {|i| i % multiple == 0 } | |
end | |
def check_result(res, multiple) | |
zeroes = res.collect {|i| i % multiple} | |
bad_ones = zeroes.select {|i| i != 0} | |
if bad_ones.length > 0 | |
raise "Wrong multiples in #{res.inspect}" | |
end | |
end | |
def sum_list(initial, list) | |
list.inject(initial) {|h,g| h+g } | |
end | |
start = (1..999).to_a | |
# All multiples of 3 and then all multiples of 5 in seperate lists ,add sum | |
x = list_of_mults(start, 3) | |
y = list_of_mults(start, 5) | |
check_result(x, 3) | |
check_result(y, 5) | |
y_sum = sum_list(0, y) | |
x_sum = sum_list(0, x) | |
total = sum_list(x_sum, y) | |
puts "x should be 63, y should be 50 sum should be 113" | |
puts "x == #{x_sum}, y=#{y_sum}, total=#{total}" | |
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