RosettaCodeData/Task/Evaluate-binomial-coefficients/Lua/evaluate-binomial-coefficie...

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Lua

local Binomial = setmetatable({},{
__call = function(self,n,k)
local hash = (n<<32) | (k & 0xffffffff)
local ans = self[hash]
if not ans then
if n<0 or k>n then
return 0 -- not save
elseif n<=1 or k==0 or k==n then
ans = 1
else
if 2*k > n then
ans = self(n, n - k)
else
local lhs = self(n-1,k)
local rhs = self(n-1,k-1)
local sum = lhs + rhs
if sum<0 or not math.tointeger(sum)then
-- switch to double
ans = lhs/1.0 + rhs/1.0 -- approximate
else
ans = sum
end
end
end
rawset(self,hash,ans)
end
return ans
end
})
print( Binomial(100,50)) -- 1.0089134454556e+029