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July 12, 2019 20:41
Preferred numbers (Python)
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def preferred_numbers(x, precision = 2): | |
""" | |
>>> preferred_numbers(2) | |
[1.0, 3.16] | |
>>> preferred_numbers(3) | |
[1.0, 2.15, 4.64] | |
>>> preferred_numbers(5) | |
[1.0, 1.58, 2.51, 3.98, 6.31] | |
>>> preferred_numbers(10) | |
[1.0, 1.26, 1.58, 2.0, 2.51, 3.16, 3.98, 5.01, 6.31, 7.94] | |
>>> preferred_numbers(3, 0) | |
[1.0, 2.0, 5.0] | |
# Like Euro denominations! | |
""" | |
root = 10 ** (1 / x) | |
return [round(root ** i, precision) for i in range(x)] |
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