RosettaCodeData/Task/100-doors/00-TASK.txt
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There are 100 doors in a row that are all initially closed.
You make 100 [[task feature::Rosetta Code:multiple passes|passes]] by the doors.
The first time through, visit every door and ''toggle'' the door (if the door is closed, open it; if it is open, close it).
The second time, only visit every 2<sup>nd</sup> door (door #2, #4, #6, ...), and toggle it.
The third time, visit every 3<sup>rd</sup> door (door #3, #6, #9, ...), etc, until you only visit the 100<sup>th</sup> door.
;Task:
Answer the question: what state are the doors in after the last pass? Which are open, which are closed?
'''[[task feature::Rosetta Code:extra credit|Alternate]]:'''
As noted in this page's [[Talk:100 doors|discussion page]], the only doors that remain open are those whose numbers are perfect squares.
Opening only those doors is an [[task feature::Rosetta Code:optimization|optimization]] that may also be expressed;
however, as should be obvious, this defeats the intent of comparing implementations across programming languages.
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