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54 changes: 54 additions & 0 deletions maths/ugly_numbers.py
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"""
Ugly numbers are numbers whose only prime factors are 2, 3 or 5. The sequence
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, … shows the first 11 ugly numbers. By convention,
1 is included.
Given an integer n, we have to find the nth ugly number.

For more details, refer this article
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ugly-numbers/
"""


def ugly_numbers(n: int) -> int:
"""
Returns the nth ugly number.
>>> ugly_numbers(100)
1536
>>> ugly_numbers(0)
1
>>> ugly_numbers(20)
36
>>> ugly_numbers(-5)
1
>>> ugly_numbers(-5.5)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
TypeError: 'float' object cannot be interpreted as an integer
"""
ugly_nums = [1]

i2, i3, i5 = 0, 0, 0
next_2 = ugly_nums[i2] * 2
next_3 = ugly_nums[i3] * 3
next_5 = ugly_nums[i5] * 5

for i in range(1, n):
next_num = min(next_2, next_3, next_5)
ugly_nums.append(next_num)
if next_num == next_2:
i2 += 1
next_2 = ugly_nums[i2] * 2
if next_num == next_3:
i3 += 1
next_3 = ugly_nums[i3] * 3
if next_num == next_5:
i5 += 1
next_5 = ugly_nums[i5] * 5
return ugly_nums[-1]


if __name__ == "__main__":
from doctest import testmod

testmod(verbose=True)
print(f"{ugly_numbers(200) = }")