defmodule Digital do def mdroot(n), do: mdroot(n, 0) defp mdroot(n, persist) when n < 10, do: {n, persist} defp mdroot(n, persist), do: mdroot(product(n, 1), persist+1) defp product(0, prod), do: prod defp product(n, prod), do: product(div(n, 10), prod*rem(n, 10)) def task1(data) do IO.puts "Number: MDR MP\n====== === ==" Enum.each(data, fn n -> {mdr, persist} = mdroot(n) :io.format "~6w: ~w ~2w~n", [n, mdr, persist] end) end def task2(m \\ 5) do IO.puts "\nMDR: [n0..n#{m-1}]\n=== ========" map = add_map(0, m, Map.new) Enum.each(0..9, fn i -> first = map[i] |> Enum.reverse |> Enum.take(m) IO.puts " #{i}: #{inspect first}" end) end defp add_map(n, m, map) do {mdr, _persist} = mdroot(n) new_map = Map.update(map, mdr, [n], fn vals -> [n | vals] end) min_len = Map.values(new_map) |> Enum.map(&length(&1)) |> Enum.min if min_len < m, do: add_map(n+1, m, new_map), else: new_map end end Digital.task1([123321, 7739, 893, 899998]) Digital.task2