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ProjectEulerOctave/Problem28.m

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function [] = Problem28()
%ProjectEuler/Octave/Problem28.m
%Matthew Ellison
% Created: 09-29-19
%Modified: 10-06-19
%Find the product of the coefficients, |a| < 1000 and |b| <= 1000, for the quadratic expression that produces the maximum number of primes for consecutive values of n, starting with n=0.
%{
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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%}
%Setup the variables
finalLocation = false; %A flag to indicate if the final location to be filled has been reached
currentNum = 1; %Set the number that is going to be put at each location
%Make a 1001x1001 grid full of 0's
square = zeros(1001, 1001);
%Start the timer
startTime = clock();
%Start with the middle location and set it correctly and advance the tracker to the next number
xLocation = 501;
yLocation = 501;
square(yLocation, xLocation) = currentNum++;
%Move right the first time
++xLocation;
%Move in a circular pattern until you reach the final location
while(~finalLocation)
%Move down until you reach a blank location on the left
while(square(yLocation, xLocation - 1) ~= 0)
square(yLocation, xLocation) = currentNum++;
++yLocation;
end
%Move left until you reach a blank location above
while(square(yLocation - 1, xLocation) ~= 0)
square(yLocation, xLocation) = currentNum++;
--xLocation;
end
%Move up until you reach a blank location to the right
while(square(yLocation, xLocation + 1) ~= 0)
square(yLocation, xLocation) = currentNum++;
--yLocation;
end
%Move right until you reach a blank location below
while(square(yLocation + 1, xLocation) ~= 0)
square(yLocation, xLocation) = currentNum++;
++xLocation;
%Check if you are at the final location and break the loop if you are
if(xLocation > size(square)(2))
finalLocation = true;
break;
end
end
end
%Get the sum of the diagonals
sumOfDiag = 0;
leftSide = 1;
rightSide = size(square)(2);
row = 1;
while(row <= size(square)(2))
%This ensure the middle location is only counted one
if(leftSide == rightSide)
sumOfDiag += square(row, leftSide);
else
sumOfDiag += square(row, leftSide);
sumOfDiag += square(row, rightSide);
end
++row;
++leftSide;
--rightSide;
end
%Stop the timer
endTime = clock();
%Print the results
printf("The sum of the diagonals in the given grid is %d\n", sumOfDiag);
printf("It took %f to run this algorithm\n", etime(endTime, startTime));
end
%{
Results:
The sum of the diagonals in the given grid is 669171001
It took 8.751038 to run this algorithm
%}