Problem of the Day
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Minify Sum

Happy Monday!

Today's problem involves turning a long number in to a short number. The goal is to sum each digit of the number recursively until you reach a single digit. Here are a few test cases to make it easier to understand.

123456 = 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 2+1 = 3

99 = 9+9 = 1+8 = 9

Permalink: http://problemotd.com/problem/minify-sum/

Comments:

  • Sami Suteria - 9 years, 6 months ago

    Run with node with the argument being after the filename $: node app.js 123456 

    var input = 999;

if(process.argv[2]){
    input = process.argv[2];
}

console.log(minify(input));

function minify (input)
{
    var sum = 0;
    input.toString().split("").forEach(function (value){
        sum += parseInt(value);
    });
    if (sum > 9){
        return minify(sum);
    }
    return sum;
}

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  • Anonymous - 9 years, 6 months ago

    #python
def minify(number):
    minifiedsum = 0
    while number > 0:

        minifiedsum = minifiedsum + number % 10
        number = number/10

    if minifiedsum > 9:
        return minify(minifiedsum)
    else:
        return minifiedsum

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  • Anonymous - 9 years, 6 months ago

    def minify_sum(n):
    return minify_sum(sum(map(int, str(n)))) if n > 9 else n

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