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Pascal's Triangle
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function triangle(num) { | |
var result = [[1], [1,1]]; | |
for (var j = 0; j < num; j++) { | |
// console.log('previousArr', result[result.length-1]); | |
var previousArr = result[result.length-1]; | |
var tempArr = []; | |
// for each element of previous array | |
for (var i = 0; i < previousArr.length ; i++) { | |
// is this the 0 element? | |
if (i === 0) { | |
// Yes: push to temporary array | |
tempArr.push(previousArr[i]); | |
// result.push(i); | |
} else if (i > 0 && i === previousArr.length-1) { | |
// No: Add element and previous array element-1 | |
var sum = previousArr[i] + previousArr[i-1]; | |
// push to temporary array | |
tempArr.push(sum); | |
tempArr.push(previousArr[previousArr.length-1]); | |
result.push(tempArr); | |
// No: Is this the last element of previous array? | |
} else { | |
var middleSum = previousArr[i] + previousArr[i-1]; | |
tempArr.push(middleSum); | |
} | |
} | |
// is the result array length equal to the input number? | |
if (result.length === num) { | |
// Yes: Stop and return the result | |
return result; | |
} | |
// No: continue looping | |
} | |
return result; | |
} | |
console.log(triangle(7)); |
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