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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. | |
defmodule Multiples do | |
def get(n), do: sum(n, 0) | |
defp sum(0, accum), do: accum | |
defp sum(n, accum) when rem(n, 3) == 0, do: sum(n-1, accum + n) | |
defp sum(n, accum) when rem(n, 5) == 0, do: sum(n-1, accum + n) | |
defp sum(n, accum), do: sum(n-1, accum) | |
end | |
IO.puts "The sum is #{Multiples.get(999)}" |
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