//ProjectEuler/C++/Problem12.cpp //Matthew Ellison // Created: 9-27-18 //Modified: 9-28-18 //This file contains the program to calculate the answer to Problem 12 on ProjectEuler.net #include #include //For fmod #include //For the timer //Counter how many divisors number has unsigned long countDivisors(unsigned long number); int main(){ bool found = false; //To flag whether the number has been found unsigned long sum = 1; //The sum of the numbers up to counter unsigned long counter = 2; //The next number to be added to sum const unsigned long goalDivisors = 500; //The number of divisors that is being sought std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point startTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now(); while(!found){ //If the number of divisors is correct set the flag if(countDivisors(sum) > goalDivisors){ found = true; } //Otherwise add to the sum and increase the next numeber else{ sum += counter; ++counter; } } std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::time_point endTime = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now(); //Print the results std::cout << "The triangular number " << sum << " is made with all number >= " << counter - 1 << " and has " << countDivisors << " divisors" << std::endl; std::cout << "The problem took " << std::chrono::duration_cast(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::duration(endTime - startTime)).count() << " milliseconds" << std::endl; std::cin.get(); return 0; } unsigned long countDivisors(unsigned long number){ unsigned long numDivisors = 0; //Holds the number of divisors //You only need to go to sqrt(number). cnt * cnt is faster than sqrt() for(int cnt = 1;cnt * cnt < number;++cnt){ //Check if the counter evenly divides the number //If it does the counter and the other number are both divisors if(fmod((double)number, (double)cnt) == 0){ numDivisors += 2; } } return numDivisors; }