Euler Project Problem #029

euler29.rb

# Solution to Project Euler's twenty-ninth problem
# http://projecteuler.net/index.php?section=problems&id=29
# Find the sum of all the numbers that can be written as the sum of fifth powers of
def generate_exponential_sequence(number)
	array = []
	(2..number).each do |n|
 		(2..number).each do |exp|
			array.push n**exp
		end
	end
	return array
end
number = 100
array = generate_exponential_sequence(number)
p array.uniq!.length