Thread: What is this series?

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    Angry What is this series?

    Hello, Here is a confusing series. I do not understand what is it. 1 - 33 + 52 ................ n and how it can be computed by using loops. plz tell if u know.

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    I get maybe two dozen requests for help with some sort of programming or design problem every day. Most have more sense than to send me hundreds of lines of code. If they do, I ask them to find the smallest example that exhibits the problem and send me that. Mostly, they then find the error themselves. "Finding the smallest program that demonstrates the error" is a powerful debugging tool.
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    i'll bite. is the next term -75?

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    Given only three terms, many solutions come to my mind....

    Where did you get this?
    Code - functions and small libraries I use


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    Quote Originally Posted by std10093 View Post
    Given only three terms, many solutions come to my mind....

    Where did you get this?
    I get it from an exercising book of C.

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