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Add n Addends (a challenge)

Here's a little challenge: Define a function called add() which adds an indeterminate number of addends and outputs the result as a mathematical expression. e.g. if the function is called like this: add(2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8) you get this: 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 8 = 28 If you're using Python, the function code block can't be more than 3 lines. No user input is required, but the function should be flexible enough to take any number of addends.

26th Aug 2017, 5:59 AM
David Ashton
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26th Aug 2017, 8:59 AM
Sivan Tal
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https://code.sololearn.com/cin4XhifxrZc/?ref=app
26th Aug 2017, 6:23 AM
P R
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C++ first number is the count of numbers after: #include <iostream> #include <cstdarg> using namespace std; void add(int count, ...) { va_list numbers; va_start(numbers, count); int total = 0; for(int i = 0; i < count; ++i) { int num = va_arg(numbers, int); total += num; cout << num << " "; if(i < count-1) cout << "+ "; } va_end(numbers); cout << "= " << total; } int main() { add(7,2,3,4,5,6,7,8); return 0; }
26th Aug 2017, 6:55 AM
ChaoticDawg
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javascript: let add = (...args) => args.join(' + ') + ' = ' + args.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
26th Aug 2017, 7:37 AM
Schindlabua
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ahh ok. I'll modify. Thought the function/method was supposed to return the sum.
26th Aug 2017, 6:59 AM
ChaoticDawg
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Java: public class Program { public static void main(String[] args) { add(2,3,4,5,6,7,8); } static void add(int... numbers) { int total = 0; String output = ""; for(int num: numbers) { total += num; output += num + " + "; } System.out.println(output.substring(0, output.length() - 2) + "= " + total); } }
26th Aug 2017, 6:21 AM
ChaoticDawg
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@Chaotic and @P R So far so good, but the output needs to be '2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 8 = 28', not just '28' 🙂
26th Aug 2017, 6:57 AM
David Ashton
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Already saw and changed it :P
26th Aug 2017, 7:42 AM
Schindlabua
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Hats off to Pythonistas @vari93 and @Sivan Tal for 2 lines and 1 line of code, respectively. (I thought I was clever reducing 8 lines to 3 🙃)
26th Aug 2017, 2:41 PM
David Ashton
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@Baptiste that's impressive. Not sure I understand the '=n=n' configuration at the end of the outputs?
26th Aug 2017, 3:29 PM
David Ashton
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@Schilndlabua Nice one-liner, but same comment as for the other codes so far: The output needs to be, e.g., '2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 8 = 28', not just '28'.
26th Aug 2017, 7:42 AM
David Ashton
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26th Aug 2017, 8:45 AM
Vari93
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Here in C++, I had done this one a long time ago :) https://code.sololearn.com/cx9tgwF9sRd4/?ref=app
26th Aug 2017, 11:01 AM
Baptiste E. Prunier
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It is a debug purpose, the result that should be and the real result ^^
26th Aug 2017, 4:04 PM
Baptiste E. Prunier
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@ChaoticDog your C++ solution is not real C+p, rather C ^^
26th Aug 2017, 11:02 AM
Baptiste E. Prunier
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