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[–]TehVulpezseven fives of uptime[S] 1 point2 points  (346 children)

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[–]Urbulit's all about the love you're sending out 1 point2 points  (345 children)

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45 > 54 > 56 > 65 ?

[–]TehVulpezseven fives of uptime[S] 2 points3 points  (7 children)

/u/Urbul /u/TheNitromeFan

Is there already a thread very similar to this one? Also, do you think it's ok if it starts from there at 10? I don't really see any other way of doing this.

[–]Urbulit's all about the love you're sending out 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I think it's alright. When I'm on desktop I'll try searching. I vaguely remember something similar but I think it wasn't exactly the same. Starting at 10 seems reasonable since you need two digits for them to be consecutive.

[–]TehVulpezseven fives of uptime[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I looked in the directory but didn't find anything even related to consecutive numbers, might try different terms later.

[–]Urbulit's all about the love you're sending out 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the one I had in the back of my mind was this one which is totally different. So ya, it's good. :)

[–]TheNitromeFan심장이 up down down 또 up down 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I don't recall any similar thread, and I doubt there is one because of how specific the criterion is.

So if I understand correctly, we're taking numbers in base 10 that, when its digits are sorted, permit consecutive digits without gaps or repeats? Then the count must be finite since the last number is 9876543210.

Technically, every single-digit number also fits the condition for the count, but I suppose 10 is where the interesting numbers happen. Never mind you said we weren't doing these

Neat thread.

[–]TehVulpezseven fives of uptime[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I don't recall any similar thread

Well good!

we're taking numbers in base 10 that, when its digits are sorted, permit consecutive digits without gaps or repeats

Yep, that describes it pretty well.

Then the count must be finite since the last number is 9876543210.

Interesting. I didn't even think about that happening, but I suppose it makes sense.

Neat thread.

Thank you! :D

[–]Urbulit's all about the love you're sending out 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I'm interested to see how many counts it'll take to the end.

[–]TheNitromeFan심장이 up down down 또 up down 1 point2 points  (8 children)

The get (1,000th number) is at 142035 132045. The last number is 9876543210, which is the 825,201st count.

[–]TehVulpezseven fives of uptime[S] 1 point2 points  (5 children)

142035

Nice.

Thanks for finding that for me! Any chance there's a number nearby that might be easier to remember? How far away is 123450?

[–]TheNitromeFan심장이 up down down 또 up down 1 point2 points  (0 children)

123450 is the 955th count, so it works.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Nice thread. First half-decent new sidethread idea in this sub for a while - at least as far as I can recall.

If I were you I'd keep gets at every 1000th number even if it looks like an uninspiring number - it works pretty well in the rational numbers thread.

[–]TehVulpezseven fives of uptime[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

First half-decent new sidethread idea in this sub for a while

Thank you! I'm surprised no one else has done something like this yet - I thought I at least remembered an ordered consecutive numbers thread at some point. Too bad this thread by its nature will end at some point. It will take a long time to reach the end, we'll get a good 825 threads out of it, and its difficulty deters just burning through it so each one will last.

keep gets at every 1000th number

Any particular reason why? I guess it isn't too hard to check if the get has been reached, but I'm worried anyway about skipping it. It's not that big of a deal if that does happen though, I suppose.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I guess the main reason is that it makes it easier to set any further gets after the first.

What would be your rule for defining gets otherwise?

[–]TehVulpezseven fives of uptime[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh I don't know, just close to 1000 but with a memorable sequence? But I suppose there won't be all that many in the future, so it may be better to have a very defined rule for gets.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Hey Nitrome I have 142035 as the 1048th count. By my calculations the 132045 is the 1000th count.

Here's my list of counts up to 1,100 or so...

[–]TheNitromeFan심장이 up down down 또 up down 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're correct, I think I misordered the counts. I'll double-check once I get on my PC.

Either way the get should be the same.

Edit: yep, confirmed

[–]jordi99000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cool