shmibs's solution to Nth Prime on the Elixir track

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Solution

Note:

This solution was written on an old version of Exercism. The tests below might not correspond to the solution code, and the exercise may have changed since this code was written.

Given a number n, determine what the nth prime is.

By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13.

If your language provides methods in the standard library to deal with prime numbers, pretend they don't exist and implement them yourself.

Running tests

Execute the tests with:

$ elixir nth_prime_test.exs

Pending tests

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Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by commenting out the relevant @tag :pending with a # symbol.

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# @tag :pending
test "shouting" do
  assert Bob.hey("WATCH OUT!") == "Whoa, chill out!"
end

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# ExUnit.configure exclude: :pending, trace: true

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Source

A variation on Problem 7 at Project Euler http://projecteuler.net/problem=7

Submitting Incomplete Solutions

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nth_prime_test.exs

if !System.get_env("EXERCISM_TEST_EXAMPLES") do
  Code.load_file("nth_prime.exs", __DIR__)
end

ExUnit.start()
ExUnit.configure(exclude: :pending, trace: true)

defmodule NthPrimeTest do
  use ExUnit.Case

  # @tag :pending
  test "first prime" do
    assert Prime.nth(1) == 2
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "second prime" do
    assert Prime.nth(2) == 3
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "sixth prime" do
    assert Prime.nth(6) == 13
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "100th prime" do
    assert Prime.nth(100) == 541
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "weird case" do
    catch_error(Prime.nth(0))
  end
end

defmodule Prime do

  @doc """
  Generates the nth prime.
  """
  @spec nth(non_neg_integer) :: non_neg_integer
  def nth(count) when count <= 0, do: raise ArgumentError
  def nth(count) do
    Stream.unfold([], &stack_primes/1)
    |> Enum.at(count-1)
  end

  defp stack_primes([]), do: {2, [2]}
  defp stack_primes([n|st]) do
    np = next_prime(n+1, [n|st])
    {np, [np, n|st]}
  end

  defp next_prime(n, s) do
    cond do
      Enum.any? s, &(rem(n,&1) == 0) -> next_prime(n + 1, s)
      true -> n
    end
  end

end

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