Python: Find the nth super ugly number from a given prime list of size k using Heap queue algorithm
Python heap queue algorithm: Exercise-13 with Solution
Write a Python program to find the nth super ugly number from a given prime list of size k using Heap queue algorithm.
Super ugly numbers are positive numbers whose all prime factors are in the given prime list primes of size k. For example, [1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 16, 19, 26, 28, 32] is the sequence of the first 12 super ugly numbers given primes = [2, 7, 13, 19] of size 4.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
import heapq
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def nth_Super_Ugly_Number(n, primes):
uglies = [1]
def gen(prime):
for ugly in uglies:
yield ugly * prime
merged = heapq.merge(*map(gen, primes))
while len(uglies) < n:
ugly = next(merged)
if ugly != uglies[-1]:
uglies.append(ugly)
return uglies[-1]
n = 12
primes = [2,7,13,19]
print(nth_Super_Ugly_Number(n, primes))
Sample Output:
32
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