RosettaCodeData/Task/Catalan-numbers/Erlang/catalan-numbers.erl
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Erlang

-module(catalan).
-export([test/0]).
cat(N) ->
factorial(2 * N) div (factorial(N+1) * factorial(N)).
factorial(N) ->
fac1(N,1).
fac1(0,Acc) ->
Acc;
fac1(N,Acc) ->
fac1(N-1, N * Acc).
cat_r1(0) ->
1;
cat_r1(N) ->
lists:sum([cat_r1(I)*cat_r1(N-1-I) || I <- lists:seq(0,N-1)]).
cat_r2(0) ->
1;
cat_r2(N) ->
cat_r2(N - 1) * (2 * ((2 * N) - 1)) div (N + 1).
test() ->
TestList = lists:seq(0,14),
io:format("Directly:\n~p\n",[[cat(N) || N <- TestList]]),
io:format("1st recusive method:\n~p\n",[[cat_r1(N) || N <- TestList]]),
io:format("2nd recusive method:\n~p\n",[[cat_r2(N) || N <- TestList]]).