RosettaCodeData/Task/Lah-numbers/ALGOL-W/lah-numbers.alg
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begin % calculate Lah numbers upto L( 12, 12 ) %
% sets lahNumber to L( n, k ), lahScale is returned as the power of 10 %
% lahNumber should be multiplied by %
% f must be a table of factorials to at least n %
procedure L ( integer value n, k
; integer array f ( * )
; integer result lahNumber, lahScale
) ;
if n = k then begin lahNumber := 1; lahScale := 0 end
else if n = 0 or k = 0 then begin lahNumber := 0; lahScale := 0 end
else if k = 1 then begin lahNumber := f( n ); lahScale := 0 end
else if k > n then begin lahNumber := 0; lahScale := 0 end
else begin
% general case: ( n! * ( n - 1 )! ) / ( k! * ( k - 1 )! ) / ( n - k )! %
% Algol W has only 32 bit signed integers so we need to avoid overflow %
% we re-arrange the above to: %
% ( n! / k! / ( n - k ) ! ) -- t1 %
% * ( ( n - 1 )! / ( k - 1 )! -- t2 %
% and if necessary, reduce t1 and t2 by powers of 10 %
integer t1, t2, d1, d2, v;
t1 := f( n ) div f( k ) div f( n - k );
t2 := f( n - 1 ) div f( k - 1 );
% calculate the number of digits for t1 and t2 %
lahScale := d1 := d2 := 0;
v := t1; while v > 0 do begin d1 := d1 + 1; v := v div 10 end;
v := t2; while v > 0 do begin d2 := d2 + 1; v := v div 10 end;
if d1 + d2 > 8 then begin
% the result will overflow reduce t1 and t2 by an appropriate power %
% of 10 and set lahScale accordingly %
while t1 rem 10 = 0 do begin lahScale := lahScale + 1; t1 := t1 div 10 end;
while t2 rem 10 = 0 do begin lahScale := lahScale + 1; t2 := t2 div 10 end;
end if_d1_plus_d2_gt_8;
lahNumber := t1 * t2
end L;
% table of factorials up to 12 %
integer array factorial ( 1 :: 12 );
% compute the factorials %
begin
integer f; f := 1;
for i := 1 until 12 do begin f := f * i; factorial( i ) := f end
end;
% show the Lah numbers %
write( "Unsigned Lah numbers" );
write( "n/k " );
for i := 0 until 12 do writeon( i_w := 11, s_w := 0, i );
for n := 0 until 12 do begin
write( s_w := 2, i_w := 2, n );
for k := 0 until n do begin
integer lahNumber, lahScale;
L( n, k, factorial, lahNumber, lahScale );
writeon( S_W := 0, i_w := 11 - lahScale, lahNumber );
for s := 1 until lahScale do writeon( s_w := 0, "0" )
end for_k
end for_n
end.