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Add all the natural numbers below one thousand that are multiples of 3 or 5.
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#!/usr/bin/env ruby | |
# Problem: Add all the natural numbers below one thousand that are multiples of 3 or 5. | |
# Description: If we list all the natural numbers below 10 that are multiples of 3 or 5, we get 3, 5, 6 and 9. @ The sum of these multiples is 23. | |
# Find the sum of all the multiples of 3 or 5 below 1000. | |
sum = 0 | |
limit = 1000 - 1 | |
0.upto(limit) do |n| | |
unless (n%3).zero? || (n%5).zero? | |
next | |
else | |
sum += n | |
puts sum if n == limit | |
end | |
end |
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