1: #!perl -w
   2: 
   3: # BinomialExpansion.pl
   4: 
   5: # usage perl BinomialExpansion.pl n, where n is an integer > 0 
   6: 
   7: # ** the memory goes crazy after the 170th power
   8: # the expansion of (x+y)^170 peaks at 9.14484184513157e+049 * x^85 * y^85
   9: # so you can imagine what happens if you put int n>170
  10: 
  11: my $n = ($_=shift) > 0 ? int $_ :
  12:         die "'usage perl BinomialExpansion.pl 9, where n > 0'";
  13: 
  14: print _titled_hr(' Binomial Expansion For (x+y)^',$n,' ');
  15: 
  16: for my $j (0 .. $n)
  17: {
  18:     my $coefficient = nCr($n,$j);
  19:     my $nj=$n-$j;
  20:     print $coefficient;
  21:     print $_ = ($nj!=0)?( ($nj>1)?(' * x^'.$nj):(' * x') ):'';
  22:     print $_ = ($j!=0)?( ($j==1)?(' * y'):(' * y^'.$j) ):'';
  23:     print $_ = ($j!=$n)?(" +\n"):("\n");
  24: }
  25: 
  26: print ' 'x 25,' = (x + y)^',$n, "\n"x 3;
  27: 
  28: # returns n!/r!(n-r)!
  29: sub nCr
  30: {
  31:     my $n=shift;
  32:     my $r=shift;
  33: 
  34:     return int nFactorial($n) / int nFactorial($r) * int nFactorial($n-$r);
  35: }
  36: 
  37: # like the name says, n!
  38: sub nFactorial
  39: {
  40:     my $n=shift;
  41:     my $product = 1;
  42: 
  43:     while($n>0)
  44:     {
  45:         $product *= $n--;
  46:     }
  47: 
  48:     return  $product;
  49: }
  50: 
  51: # neat little titled hr, that does a < 80 chars since int rounds down
  52: # i really, really, like it
  53: sub _titled_hr
  54: {
  55:     my $string = join('', @_);
  56:     my $oy = int (80 -(length $string) )/ 2;
  57:     return "\n","-" x $oy, $string, "-" x $oy,"\n";
  58: }
  59: 
  60: __END__
  61: # some random things i say
  62: #1
  63: "--. .-. . . - --..   -.-- .----. .- .-.. .-.."
  64: 
  65: #2
  66: "...- .-. --- --- -- --..--   ...- .-. --- --- -- .----."
  67: 
  68: #3
  69: --- ..-.   .- .-.. .-..   - .... .   - .... .. -. --. ...   ..   .-.. --- ... -
  70: --..--
  71:   ..   -- .. ... ...   -- -.--   -- .. -. -..   - .... .   -- --- ... - .-.-.-
  72:     -....- -....-   --- --.. --.. .. .   --- ... -... --- ..- .-. -. .
  73: 
  74: # a lil sample from my machine
  75: 
  76: F:\>perl BinomialExpansion.pl 9
  77: 1 * x^9 +
  78: 9 * x^8 * y +
  79: 36 * x^7 * y^2 +
  80: 84 * x^6 * y^3 +
  81: 126 * x^5 * y^4 +
  82: 126 * x^4 * y^5 +
  83: 84 * x^3 * y^6 +
  84: 36 * x^2 * y^7 +
  85: 9 * x * y^8 +
  86: 1 *  * y^9
  87:                  = (x + y)^9
  88: F:\>
  89: 
  90: # Notice a pattern? Fleet attack!
  91: # >
  92: #   >
  93: #     >
  94: #     >
  95: #       >
  96: #       >
  97: #     >
  98: #     >
  99: #   >
 100: # >