Kotlin Class: MathUtils class with static functions

Kotlin Class: Exercise-13 with Solution

Write a Kotlin program that creates a class 'MathUtils' with static functions to calculate the factorial, square root, and cube root of a number.

Sample Solution:

Kotlin Code:

class MathUtils {
    companion object {
        fun factorial(n: Int): Long {
            if (n == 0 || n == 1) {
                return 1
            }
            var result = 1L
            for (i in 2..n) {
                result *= i
            }
            return result
        }
    }
}

fun sqrt(n: Double): Double {
    return Math.sqrt(n)
}

fun cbrt(n: Double): Double {
    return Math.cbrt(n)
}

fun main() {
    val number = 7

    val factorial = MathUtils.factorial(number)
    println("Factorial of $number is: $factorial")

    val squareRoot = sqrt(number.toDouble())
    println("Square root of $number is: $squareRoot")

    val cubeRoot = cbrt(number.toDouble())
    println("Cube root of $number is: $cubeRoot")
}

Sample Output:

Factorial of 7 is: 5040
Square root of 7 is: 2.6457513110645907
Cube root of 7 is: 1.9129311827723892

Explanation:

In the above exercise -

• First we define a class "MathUtils" and declare a "companion" object inside it. The companion object contains static functions. Inside the companion object, we define a function "factorial()" to calculate the factorial of a number using an iterative approach.
• We also define top-level functions "sqrt()" and "cbrt()" outside the "MathUtils" class. These functions use the Math.sqrt and Math.cbrt functions from the standard library to calculate the square root and cube root of a number, respectively.
• In the "main()" function, we calculate the factorial of a number using the MathUtils.factorial function. We also calculate the square root and cube root using the sqrt and cbrt top-level functions, respectively.

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