Grasshopper - Summation (8kyu) [TypeScript]

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Description:

Write a program that finds the summation of every number from 1 to num. The number will always be a positive integer greater than 0.

For example:

summation(2) -> 3
1 + 2

summation(8) -> 36
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8

Solution 1

Let's start with loop solutions.

export const summation = (num: number) => {
    let sum: number = 0
    for(let i = 0; i <= num; i++) {
        sum += i
    }
    return sum
}

Solution 2

Let's solve it with Gauss Formula.

export const summation = (num: number) => num * (num + 1) / 2

Solution 3

Let's solve it with recursion.

export const summation = (num: number) => {
    return num ? num + summation(num - 1) : num
}