Benny, thanks for your explanation. It does make sense and clarifies the issue. What DOES NOT make sense is
Clojure 1.2.0 user=> (conj (conj (conj #{4} 3) 2) 1) #{1 2 3 4} user=> (conj (conj (conj #{6857} 1471) 839) 71) #{71 839 6857 1471} Any ideas? On Jan 13, 11:36 am, Benny Tsai <benny.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > (conj) will add items to different places in the collection, depending > on the type of the collection. For a set, this can be at either the > end OR the beginning. > > For this problem, the output is built by: > > (conj (conj (conj #{6857} 1471) 839) 71) > > which is equivalent to: > > (-> #{6857} (conj 1471) (conj 839) (conj 71)) > > The innermost/first conj, (conj #{6857} 1471), sticks 1471 at the end > and produces #{6857 1471}. The next conj sticks 839 at the beginning > and produces #{839 6857 1471}. The final conj sticks 71 at the > beginning and produces the final result of #{71 839 6857 1471}. > > When ordering matters, I usually use either (cons), which will always > add to the beginning regardless of the collection type, or use (conj) > with a list (will always add to the beginning) or vector (will always > add to the end). > > user=> (-> '(6857) (conj 1471) (conj 839) (conj 71)) > (71 839 1471 6857) > user=> (-> [6857] (conj 1471) (conj 839) (conj 71)) > [6857 1471 839 71] > > On Jan 13, 8:09 am, Vitaly Peressada <vit...@ufairsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The following solution by <b>mtgred</b> for <a href="http://clojure- > > euler.wikispaces.com/">Project Euler Clojure</a> problem 003 uses > > implicit recursion. > > > <pre> > > (use '[clojure.contrib.lazy-seqs :only (primes)]) > > (defn prime-factors [n] > > (let [f (some #(if (= 0 (rem n %)) %) primes)] > > (if (= f n) #{f} (conj (prime-factors (/ n f)) f)))) > > (apply max (prime-factors 600851475143)) > > </pre> > > > Here is above with added println > > > (defn prime-factors [n] > > (let [f (some #(if (= 0 (rem n %)) %) primes)] > > (println "n:" n ", f:" f) > > (if (= f n) > > #{f} > > (conj (prime-factors (/ n f)) f)))) > > > Which produces > > > n: 600851475143 , f: 71 > > n: 8462696833 , f: 839 > > n: 10086647 , f: 1471 > > n: 6857 , f: 6857 > > #{71 839 6857 1471} > > > Can anybody explain why 6857 comes 3rd? I would expect to be the last. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en