Van Eck Sequence Using Java

Introduction

The Van Eck sequence is not used for strictly research and application based professional activity.

Van Eck sequence can be illustrated as follows:

You start with a number 0 at the first position. Not necessarily you have to start with a 0, but you can use any integer number to start with.
If you have seen the number at current position before, the next number is the distance between current position and the position where you saw this number before.
If you haven’t seen this number before, print 0.

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Van Eck Sequence with Example

Van Eck sequence can be explained with an example as given below.

Say, you start with a number 0. The van Eck sequence is:

So you have not seen the number 0 before. So the distance is (1-1)=0 at position one.

Therefore the next number at second position in the sequence is 0. The van Eck sequence is given below:

0 0

Now at second position, the number is 0, which you have seen earlier at position one. So distance is (2-1)=1.

Therefore the next number at third position in the sequence is 1. The van Eck sequence is as follows:

0 0 1

Now at third position, the number is 1, which you have not seen before, so according to the rule, the next number will be 0.

Therefore the van Eck sequence will be:

0 0 1 0

Again at fourth position, the number is 0 and you have last seen this number at position 2. So the distance is (4-2)=2.

Therefore the van Eck sequence is:

0 0 1 0 2

Now at fifth position, the number is 2 which you have not seen before, so next number is 0.

Therefore the van Eck sequence is

0 0 1 0 2 0

And the sequence goes on…

Van Eck Sequence using Java

So, you have seen what is Van Eck sequence and how it works with detail explanation in earlier sections.

Now you will see how to implement van Eck sequence using Java programming language.

The source code is given below:

package com.roytuts.vanecksequence;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class VanEckSequence {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println("Van Eck Sequence upto 100: " + vanEckSequence(100));
		System.out.println();
		System.out.println("Van Eck Sequence upto 1000: " + vanEckSequence(1000));
	}
	public static String vanEckSequence(int range) {
		int distance = 0;
		int nextNumber = 0;
		String sequence = "";
		Map<Integer, Integer> numberMap = new HashMap<>();
		for (int i = 0; i < range; i++) {
			if (numberMap.containsKey(nextNumber)) {
				distance = i - numberMap.get(nextNumber);
			} else {
				distance = 0;
			}
			numberMap.put(nextNumber, i);
			sequence += nextNumber + ", ";
			nextNumber = distance;
		}
		return sequence;
	}
}

Generating Van Eck Sequence

Run the above Java class, you will see below output that prints up to 100 positions and up to 1000 positions respectively.

Van Eck Sequence upto 100: 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 2, 1, 6, 0, 5, 0, 2, 6, 5, 4, 0, 5, 3, 0, 3, 2, 9, 0, 4, 9, 3, 6, 14, 0, 6, 3, 5, 15, 0, 5, 3, 5, 2, 17, 0, 6, 11, 0, 3, 8, 0, 3, 3, 1, 42, 0, 5, 15, 20, 0, 4, 32, 0, 3, 11, 18, 0, 4, 7, 0, 3, 7, 3, 2, 31, 0, 6, 31, 3, 6, 3, 2, 8, 33, 0, 9, 56, 0, 3, 8, 7, 19, 0, 5, 37, 0, 3, 8, 8, 1, 46, 0, 6,
Van Eck Sequence upto 1000: 0, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 2, 2, 1, 6, 0, 5, 0, 2, 6, 5, 4, 0, 5, 3, 0, 3, 2, 9, 0, 4, 9, 3, 6, 14, 0, 6, 3, 5, 15, 0, 5, 3, 5, 2, 17, 0, 6, 11, 0, 3, 8, 0, 3, 3, 1, 42, 0, 5, 15, 20, 0, 4, 32, 0, 3, 11, 18, 0, 4, 7, 0, 3, 7, 3, 2, 31, 0, 6, 31, 3, 6, 3, 2, 8, 33, 0, 9, 56, 0, 3, 8, 7, 19, 0, 5, 37, 0, 3, 8, 8, 1, 46, 0, 6, 23, 0, 3, 9, 21, 0, 4, 42, 56, 25, 0, 5, 21, 8, 18, 52, 0, 6, 18, 4, 13, 0, 5, 11, 62, 0, 4, 7, 40, 0, 4, 4, 1, 36, 0, 5, 13, 16, 0, 4, 8, 27, 0, 4, 4, 1, 13, 10, 0, 6, 32, 92, 0, 4, 9, 51, 0, 4, 4, 1, 14, 131, 0, 6, 14, 4, 7, 39, 0, 6, 6, 1, 12, 0, 5, 39, 8, 36, 44, 0, 6, 10, 34, 0, 4, 19, 97, 0, 4, 4, 1, 19, 6, 12, 21, 82, 0, 9, 43, 0, 3, 98, 0, 3, 3, 1, 15, 152, 0, 6, 17, 170, 0, 4, 24, 0, 3, 12, 24, 4, 6, 11, 98, 21, 29, 0, 10, 45, 0, 3, 13, 84, 0, 4, 14, 70, 0, 4, 4, 1, 34, 58, 0, 6, 23, 144, 0, 4, 9, 51, 94, 0, 5, 78, 0, 3, 26, 0, 3, 3, 1, 21, 38, 0, 6, 21, 4, 19, 76, 0, 6, 6, 1, 12, 56, 166, 0, 7, 111, 0, 3, 21, 16, 145, 0, 5, 33, 206, 0, 4, 23, 46, 194, 0, 5, 9, 47, 0, 4, 9, 4, 2, 223, 0, 6, 33, 19, 39, 132, 0, 6, 6, 1, 40, 185, 0, 6, 5, 23, 28, 0, 5, 4, 22, 0, 4, 3, 46, 36, 151, 0, 6, 15, 126, 0, 4, 10, 110, 0, 4, 4, 1, 29, 118, 0, 6, 14, 112, 0, 4, 9, 51, 102, 0, 5, 33, 50, 0, 4, 9, 9, 1, 20, 307, 0, 7, 88, 0, 3, 42, 262, 0, 4, 14, 27, 233, 0, 5, 23, 60, 0, 4, 9, 22, 60, 5, 8, 210, 0, 8, 3, 22, 8, 3, 3, 1, 34, 156, 0, 10, 63, 0, 3, 8, 11, 183, 0, 5, 22, 17, 199, 0, 5, 5, 1, 19, 109, 0, 6, 73, 0, 3, 19, 7, 58, 183, 20, 64, 0, 8, 26, 174, 0, 4, 52, 319, 0, 4, 4, 1, 25, 331, 0, 6, 25, 4, 7, 23, 69, 0, 7, 4, 6, 9, 71, 0, 6, 4, 6, 2, 158, 0, 6, 4, 6, 2, 6, 2, 2, 1, 30, 0, 10, 73, 54, 0, 4, 13, 247, 0, 4, 4, 1, 13, 6, 18, 367, 0, 8, 59, 0, 3, 70, 257, 0, 4, 14, 123, 0, 4, 4, 1, 19, 80, 0, 6, 21, 225, 0, 4, 9, 57, 0, 4, 4, 1, 14, 20, 91, 0, 7, 70, 29, 180, 0, 5, 112, 179, 0, 4, 15, 198, 0, 4, 4, 1, 20, 19, 35, 0, 7, 20, 5, 17, 134, 0, 6, 41, 0, 3, 58, 126, 218, 0, 5, 12, 282, 0, 4, 24, 341, 0, 4, 4, 1, 29, 43, 368, 0, 7, 29, 5, 17, 29, 3, 25, 131, 415, 0, 10, 107, 0, 3, 8, 95, 0, 4, 23, 140, 0, 4, 4, 1, 28, 274, 0, 6, 50, 241, 0, 4, 9, 91, 84, 372, 0, 6, 10, 28, 15, 79, 0, 6, 6, 1, 22, 207, 0, 6, 5, 48, 0, 4, 22, 8, 41, 78, 373, 0, 7, 60, 246, 0, 4, 11, 230, 0, 4, 4, 1, 25, 65, 0, 6, 25, 4, 7, 17, 75, 0, 7, 4, 6, 9, 52, 220, 0, 7, 7, 1, 20, 119, 0, 6, 11, 30, 195, 0, 5, 49, 0, 3, 89, 0, 3, 3, 1, 17, 30, 13, 196, 0, 8, 58, 133, 0, 4, 35, 149, 0, 4, 4, 1, 16, 411, 0, 6, 33, 342, 0, 4, 9, 48, 82, 508, 0, 6, 10, 100, 0, 4, 10, 4, 2, 245, 0, 6, 10, 6, 2, 6, 2, 2, 1, 31, 650, 0, 11, 63, 328, 0, 4, 19, 195, 67, 0, 5, 68, 0, 3, 64, 313, 0, 4, 12, 189, 0, 4, 4, 1, 26, 320, 0, 6, 33, 57, 244, 0, 5, 22, 136, 0, 4, 14, 247, 286, 0, 5, 9, 67, 35, 83, 0, 6, 20, 114, 0, 4, 15, 169, 0, 4, 4, 1, 34, 388, 0, 6, 14, 25, 145, 507, 0, 6, 6, 1, 12, 52, 143, 0, 7, 142, 0, 3, 64, 64, 1, 11, 80, 305, 0, 8, 129, 0, 3, 11, 8, 5, 50, 221, 0, 7, 21, 316, 0, 4, 43, 260, 0, 4, 4, 1, 25, 43, 7, 13, 156, 439, 0, 10, 122, 0, 3, 28, 235, 0, 4, 16, 154, 0, 4, 4, 1, 21, 31, 130, 0, 7, 23, 271, 0, 4, 10, 23, 5, 47, 569, 0, 7, 11, 54, 396, 0, 5, 9, 106, 0, 4, 16, 31, 25, 48, 179, 355, 0, 8, 69, 438, 0, 4, 12, 94, 641, 0, 5, 21, 42, 527, 0, 5, 5, 1, 49, 233, 528, 0, 7, 38, 645, 0, 4, 21, 16, 34, 129, 102, 563, 0, 8, 33, 165, 0, 4, 12, 33, 5, 25, 46, 600, 0, 8, 12, 8, 2, 211, 0, 6, 142, 136, 178, 0, 5, 16, 30, 265, 0, 5, 5, 1, 47, 84, 347, 0, 7, 47, 5, 8, 24, 398, 0, 7, 7, 1, 14, 175, 0, 6, 30, 24, 11, 100, 262, 601, 0, 8, 18, 490, 0, 4, 56, 705, 0, 4, 4, 1, 22, 226, 0, 6, 22, 4, 7, 30, 25, 67, 225, 488, 0, 10, 136,

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