The Weekly Challenge

10. TASK #2: Equilibrium Index

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TASK #1 › Four Is Magic

Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar

You are given a positive number, $n < 10.

Write a script to generate english text sequence starting with the English cardinal representation of the given number, the word ‘is’ and then the English cardinal representation of the count of characters that made up the first word, followed by a comma. Continue until you reach four.

Example 1:

Input: $n = 5
Output: Five is four, four is magic.

Example 2:

Input: $n = 7
Output: Seven is five, five is four, four is magic.

Example 3:

Input: $n = 6
Output: Six is three, three is five, five is four, four is magic.

TASK #2 › Equilibrium Index

Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar

You are give an array of integers, @n.

Write a script to find out the Equilibrium Index of the given array, if found.

For an array A consisting n elements, index i is an equilibrium index if the sum of elements of subarray A[0…i-1] is equal to the sum of elements of subarray A[i+1…n-1].

Example 1:

Input: @n = (1, 3, 5, 7, 9)
Output: 3

Example 2:

Input: @n = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Output: -1 as no Equilibrium Index found.

Example 3:

Input: @n = (2, 4, 2)
Output: 1

Last date to submit the solution 23:59 (UK Time) Sunday 17th April 2022.