codelikeapro - No one's ever gonna want the square of anything higher than 5, right? - devRant

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arcade-fryer

3

10y

I'm interested to know if this is actually faster than calculating 'n'. Especially if the input is limited to < 5 anyway.
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codeclod

1813

10y

My God man, at least use a switch if you're gonna maintain some dignity. #elegantStupidity
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Lagostra

292

10y

@codeclod But that would ALMOST be sensible... Kind of... Sort of...
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Lagostra

292

10y

@arcade-fryer Wouldn't it in both cases be an O(1)-operation? So it wouldn't yield much anyway...
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danzig666

1075

10y

Ofcourse one wants: the square of 6 is -1 dumbass 😜
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arcade-fryer

3

10y

@Lagostra thanks. I don't really understand that kind of stuff but always interested.
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SithLord

850

10y

Could be flexible and one line..

return n * n;
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Lagostra

292

10y

@SithLord I am aware of that - and using iteration, you can get any integer power. The point was to show the lazy/incompetent way of doing it ;)
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GastroGeek

52

10y

If limit of 5 is needed... then:

return n <= 5 ? n*n : -1;

The above does 6 executions/checks regardless of n... pointless if n > 5
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faizanvahevaria

72

10y

super Genius.....
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galleon

100

10y

the limit does not exist.
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Lagostra

292

10y

@galleon The limit exists only in your mind.
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PerfectAsshole

5981

10y

@Lagostra not really lazy but incompetent I agree with

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