Good to know, thank you Ben :) On Jan 13, 10:49 am, B Smith-Mannschott <bsmith.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
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