# A ruby program to determine whether a given number is an Armstrong number # Wiki url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_number # other resources: https://pages.mtu.edu/~shene/COURSES/cs201/NOTES/chap04/arms.html # # Examples: -> 153 = (1 * 1 * 1) + (5 * 5 * 5) + (3 * 3 * 3) [Armstrong number] and -> 125 != (1 * 1 * 1) + (2 * 2 * 2) + (5 * 5 * 5) # -> 1634 = (1 * 1 * 1 * 1) + (6 * 6 * 6 * 6) + (3 * 3 * 3 * 3) + (4 * 4 * 4 * 4) # def armstrong_number(number) num = number sum = 0 len = number.digits.count while(number != 0) remainder = number % 10 sum += remainder ** len number /= 10 end if num == sum "The number #{num} is an Armstrong number." else "The number #{num} is not an Armstrong number." end rescue "Error: Please provide number only!" end # # Valid inputs # puts armstrong_number(153) # The number 153 is an Armstrong number. puts armstrong_number(0) # The number 0 is an Armstrong number. puts armstrong_number(370) # The number 370 is an Armstrong number. puts armstrong_number(10) # The number 10 is not an Armstrong number. puts armstrong_number(1634) # The number 1634 is an Armstrong number. puts armstrong_number(123) # The number 123 is not an Armstrong number. # # Invalid inputs # puts armstrong_number("153") # Error: Please provide number only! puts armstrong_number("a") # Error: Please provide number only!