RosettaCodeData/Task/Hofstadter-Q-sequence/Ada/hofstadter-q-sequence.adb
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Ada

with Ada.Text_IO;
procedure Hofstadter_Q_Sequence is
type Callback is access procedure(N: Positive);
procedure Q(First, Last: Positive; Q_Proc: Callback) is
-- calls Q_Proc(Q(First)); Q_Proc(Q(First+1)); ... Q_Proc(Q(Last));
-- precondition: Last > 2
Q_Store: array(1 .. Last) of Natural := (1 => 1, 2 => 1, others => 0);
-- "global" array to store the Q(I)
-- if Q_Store(I)=0, we compute Q(I) and update Q_Store(I)
-- else we already know Q(I) = Q_Store(I)
function Q(N: Positive) return Positive is
begin
if Q_Store(N) = 0 then
Q_Store(N) := Q(N - Q(N-1)) + Q(N-Q(N-2));
end if;
return Q_Store(N);
end Q;
begin
for I in First .. Last loop
Q_Proc(Q(I));
end loop;
end Q;
procedure Print(P: Positive) is
begin
Ada.Text_IO.Put(Positive'Image(P));
end Print;
Decrease_Counter: Natural := 0;
Previous_Value: Positive := 1;
procedure Decrease_Count(P: Positive) is
begin
if P < Previous_Value then
Decrease_Counter := Decrease_Counter + 1;
end if;
Previous_Value := P;
end Decrease_Count;
begin
Q(1, 10, Print'Access);
-- the first ten terms of the sequence are: 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, and 6
Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;
Q(1000, 1000, Print'Access);
-- the 1000'th term is: 502
Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;
Q(2, 100_000, Decrease_Count'Access);
Ada.Text_IO.Put_Line(Integer'Image(Decrease_Counter));
-- how many times a member of the sequence is less than its preceding term
-- for terms up to and including the 100,000'th term
end Hofstadter_Q_Sequence;