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From: "B. Pym"
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.scheme
Subject: Re: The "Strand" puzzle --- ( Continued Fractions using Lisp orPython? )
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 02:39:52 -0000 (UTC)
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B. Pym wrote:
> B. Pym wrote:
>
> > > > > e.g. -------- For the (street) Numbers (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
> > > > >
> > > > > (1,2,3,4,5) and (7,8) both add up to 15.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "In a given street of houses with consecutive numbers between
> > > > > 50 and 500, find the house number, for which, the sum of
> > > > > numbers on the left is equal to the sum of numbers on the
> > > > > right"
> >
> > Gauche Scheme
> >
> > (define (strand lst)
> > (let go ((left-sum 0) (tail lst))
> > (if (null? tail)
> > #f
> > (let ((right-sum (fold + 0 (cdr tail))))
> > (cond ((< left-sum right-sum)
> > (go (+ left-sum (car tail)) (cdr tail)))
> > ((= left-sum right-sum) (car tail))
> > (#t #f))))))
> >
> > (strand '(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8))
> > ===>
> > 6
> >
> > (lrange 2 5)
> > ===>
> > (2 3 4)
> >
> > (any
> > (lambda (n)
> > (if (strand (lrange 50 n))
> > n
> > #f))
> > (lrange 500 50 -1))
> > ===>
> > 352
> >
> > (strand (lrange 50 352))
> > ===>
> > 251
>
>
> Faster:
>
> (define (strand lst)
> (let go ((left-sum 0) (right-sum (fold + 0 (cdr lst))) (tail lst))
> (cond ((< left-sum right-sum)
> (go (+ left-sum (car tail))
> (- right-sum (cadr tail))
> (cdr tail)))
> ((= left-sum right-sum) (car tail))
>
Using "do":
(define (strand lst)
(do ((tail lst (cdr tail))
(left-sum 0 (+ left-sum (car tail)))
(right-sum (fold + 0 (cdr lst)) (- right-sum (cadr tail))))
((>= left-sum right-sum)
(if (= left-sum right-sum) (car tail) #f))))