“Build a pile of Cubes” is a coding puzzle that people can be attempted in the following languages: csharp, java, ruby, python, javascript, coffeescript, haskell, clojure, elixir, typescript, cpp, php, crystal, fsharp, c, swift, rust, go, r, shell, ocaml, fortran, julia, nasm, nim, scala, kotlin, and groovy.
- Difficulty: 6 kyu
- Stars: 1548
- Votes: 4016
- Category: reference
- Tags: Fundamentals, Optimization
- Source: codewars
Description
Your task is to construct a building which will be a pile of n cubes.
The cube at the bottom will have a volume of n^3, the cube above
will have volume of (n-1)^3 and so on until the top which will have a volume of 1^3.
You are given the total volume m of the building.
Being given m can you find the number n of cubes you will have to build?
The parameter of the function findNb (find_nb, find-nb, findNb) will be an integer m
and you have to return the integer n such as
n^3 + (n-1)^3 + … + 1^3 = m
if such a n exists or -1 if there is no such n.
Examples:
findNb(1071225) --> 45
findNb(91716553919377) --> -1
nasm
mov rdi, 1071225
call find_nb ; rax <-- 45
mov rdi, 91716553919377
call find_nb ; rax <-- -1
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