Python/maths/series/harmonic_series.py
Muhammad Ibtihaj Naeem bc5b92f7f9 Harmonic Geometric and P-Series Added (#1633)
* Harmonic Geometric and P-Series Added

* Editing comments

* Update and rename series/Geometric_Series.py to maths/series/geometric_series.py

* Update and rename series/Harmonic_Series.py to maths/series/harmonic_series.py

* Update and rename series/P_Series.py to maths/series/p_series.py
2019-12-14 06:46:02 +01:00

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"""
This is a pure Python implementation of the Harmonic Series algorithm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)
For doctests run following command:
python -m doctest -v harmonic_series.py
or
python3 -m doctest -v harmonic_series.py
For manual testing run:
python3 harmonic_series.py
"""
def harmonic_series(n_term: str) -> list:
"""Pure Python implementation of Harmonic Series algorithm
:param n_term: The last (nth) term of Harmonic Series
:return: The Harmonic Series starting from 1 to last (nth) term
Examples:
>>> harmonic_series(5)
['1', '1/2', '1/3', '1/4', '1/5']
>>> harmonic_series(5.0)
['1', '1/2', '1/3', '1/4', '1/5']
>>> harmonic_series(5.1)
['1', '1/2', '1/3', '1/4', '1/5']
>>> harmonic_series(-5)
[]
>>> harmonic_series(0)
[]
>>> harmonic_series(1)
['1']
"""
if n_term == "":
return n_term
series = []
for temp in range(int(n_term)):
series.append(f"1/{temp + 1}" if series else "1")
return series
if __name__ == "__main__":
nth_term = input("Enter the last number (nth term) of the Harmonic Series")
print("Formula of Harmonic Series => 1+1/2+1/3 ..... 1/n")
print(harmonic_series(nth_term))