JavaScript: Find the n^th ugly number

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JavaScript Math: Exercise-101 with Solution

Write a JavaScript program to find the n^th ugly number.

Ugly numbers are positive numbers whose only prime factors are 2, 3 or 5. The first 10 ugly numbers are:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, ...
Note: 1 is typically treated as an ugly number.

Visualisation:

$JavaScript Math: Find the nth ugly number.$

Test Data:
(4) -> 4
(10) -> 12

Sample Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript program to Find the nth ugly number</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function test(num) {
    result = [1]
    x2=x3=x5=0    
    while (result.length<n){
         m2 = result[x2]*2
         m3 = result[x3]*3
         m5 = result[x5]*5
         temp = Math.min(m2,m3,m5)
        if(temp===m2){
            x2++
        }
        if(temp===m3){
            x3++
        }
        if(temp===m5){
            x5++
        }
        result.push(temp)
    }
    return result[n-1]
};  
n = 4
console.log("n = " +n)
console.log("nth Ugly number is "+test(n));
n = 10
console.log("n = " +n)
console.log("nth Ugly number is "+test(n));

Sample Output:

n = 4
nth Ugly number is 4
n = 10
nth Ugly number is 12

Flowchart:

$JavaScript: Add digits until there is only one digit.$

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-math-exercise-101 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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