Added the lucky numbers algorithm (#53)

abranhe · web-flow · commit 6d2ad66d54d4 · 2019-10-01T15:52:39.000-04:00
Added the lucky numbers algorithm
diff --git a/math/lucky_numbers.py b/math/lucky_numbers.py
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+def generate_lucky_number_sequence(end):
+    
+    #create a list of all odd numbers up to the final number
+    sequence = [*range(1, end+1, 2)]
+
+    #remove every xth number from the list where x = the nth element of the sequence
+    n = 1
+    while len(sequence) > sequence[n]:
+        number_to_delete = sequence[n]
+        del sequence[number_to_delete-1::number_to_delete]
+        n = n + 1
+
+    return sequence
+
+print(generate_lucky_number_sequence(int(input("Please enter the upper bound of the lucky number sequence: "))))
