Ask HN: Generate sequence 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 ... 5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

2 pointsnomilk5 comments

The R code that generates this sequence seems very beautiful.

How you would generate the sequence in your language of choice?

Full sequence:

                     10                     20                     50
                    100                    200                    500
                   1000                   2000                   5000
                  10000                  20000                  50000
                 100000                 200000                 500000
                1000000                2000000                5000000
               10000000               20000000               50000000
              100000000              200000000              500000000
             1000000000             2000000000             5000000000
            10000000000            20000000000            50000000000
           100000000000           200000000000           500000000000
          1000000000000          2000000000000          5000000000000
         10000000000000         20000000000000         50000000000000
        100000000000000        200000000000000        500000000000000
       1000000000000000       2000000000000000       5000000000000000
      10000000000000000      20000000000000000      50000000000000000
     100000000000000000     200000000000000000     500000000000000000
    1000000000000000000    2000000000000000000    5000000000000000000
   10000000000000000000   20000000000000000000   50000000000000000000
  100000000000000000000  200000000000000000000  500000000000000000000
 1000000000000000000000 2000000000000000000000 5000000000000000000000

R code:

options(scipen=99);(rep(c(1,2,5), 10) * (10 ^ (sort(rep(1:30, 3)))))[1:63]

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>>> for i in range(21): ... print(f"{10*10**i:>23}{20*10**i:>23}{50*10**i:>23}") ... 10 20 50 100 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 20000 50000 100000 200000 500000 1000000 2000000 5000000 10000000 20000000 50000000 100000000 200000000 500000000 1000000000 2000000000 5000000000 10000000000 20000000000 50000000000 100000000000 200000000000 500000000000 1000000000000 2000000000000 5000000000000 10000000000000 20000000000000 50000000000000 100000000000000 200000000000000 500000000000000 1000000000000000 2000000000000000 5000000000000000 10000000000000000 20000000000000000 50000000000000000 100000000000000000 200000000000000000 500000000000000000 1000000000000000000 2000000000000000000 5000000000000000000 10000000000000000000 20000000000000000000 50000000000000000000 100000000000000000000 200000000000000000000 500000000000000000000 1000000000000000000000 2000000000000000000000 5000000000000000000000 >>>