algorithm: catalan numbers (#1149)

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Omar Ferreiro
2022-10-09 14:15:26 +02:00
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/*
* Author: IcarusTheFly (https://github.com/IcarusTheFly)
* Catalan Numbers explanation can be found in the following links:
* Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_number
* Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/wiki/catalan-numbers
*/
/**
* @function catalanNumbers
* @description Returns all catalan numbers from index 0 to n
* @param {number} n
* @returns {number[]} Array with the catalan numbers from 0 to n
*/
export const catalanNumbers = (n) => {
if (n === 0) {
return [1]
}
const catList = [1, 1]
for (let i = 2; i <= n; i++) {
let newNumber = 0
for (let j = 0; j < i; j++) {
newNumber += catList[j] * catList[i - j - 1]
}
catList.push(newNumber)
}
return catList
}