
PHP Challenges: Check whether a given number is an ugly number
PHP Challenges - 1: Exercise-19 with Solution
Write a PHP program to check whether a given number is an ugly number.
Input : 12
Ugly numbers are positive numbers whose only prime factors are 2, 3 or 5. The sequence
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, ...
shows the first 10 ugly numbers.
Note: 1 is typically treated as an ugly number.
Explanation :
Sample Solution :
PHP Code :
<?php
function is_ugly($num)
{
$z = $num;
if ($num == 0)
{
return "$num is not an Ugly number";
}
$x = array(2, 3, 5);
foreach ($x as $i)
{
while ($num % $i == 0)
{
$num /= $i;
}
}
if ($num==1)
{
return "$z is an Ugly number";
}
else
{
return "$z is not an Ugly number";
}
}
print(is_ugly(12)."\n");
print(is_ugly(7)."\n");
?>
Sample Output:
12 is an Ugly number 7 is not an Ugly number
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