RosettaCodeData/Task/Catalan-numbers/Logtalk/catalan-numbers-3.logtalk
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:- object(catalan, implements(seqp)).
:- private(catalan/2).
:- dynamic(catalan/2).
% Public interface.
init :- retractall(catalan(_,_)). % flush any memoized results
nth(N, V) :- \+ catalan(N, V), catalan_(N, V), !. % generate iff it's not been memoized
nth(N, V) :- catalan(N, V), !. % otherwise use the memoized version
to_nth(N, L) :-
integer::sequence(0, N, S), % generate a list of 0 to N
meta::map(nth, S, L). % map the nth/2 predicate to the list for all Catalan numbers up to N
% Local helper predicates.
catalan_(N, V) :-
N > 0, % calculate
N1 is N - 1,
N2 is N + 1,
catalan_(N1, V1), % via a recursive call
V is V1 * 2 * (2 * N - 1) // N2,
assertz(catalan(N, V)). % and memoize the result
catalan_(0, 1).
:- end_object.