On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 17:36, 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 a (hashed) set, this can be *anywhere* (between existing elements too). FTFY // Ben > 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 -- 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