# Project Euler Attack #2

This is my implementation of Project Euler #2 in C#. It takes 0 milliseconds to run, and I believe it is correct - I have seen nothing to indicate otherwise!

By considering the terms in the Fibonacci sequence whose values do not exceed four million, find the sum of the even-valued terms.

static void GetFibos(ref List<int> nums, int maxVal)
{
int lastNum = 2;

while (lastNum <= maxVal)
{
lastNum = nums[nums.Count - 2] + nums[nums.Count - 1];
}
}

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Stopwatch s = new Stopwatch();
s.Start();

List<int> fiboNums = new List<int>();
GetFibos(ref fiboNums, 4000000);

int sumEvenFibos = 0;

foreach (int i in fiboNums) { if (i % 2 == 0) sumEvenFibos += i; }

s.Stop();

Console.WriteLine(sumEvenFibos);
Console.WriteLine(s.ElapsedMilliseconds);
}


Is there anything I should be doing different?

Why do you need the actual list of Fibonacci numbers? That just requires space, and time.

Believe it or not, you have over-thought this problem. Additionally, your code style is off.

C# Code conventions always use braces for single-statement blocks, and the brace should open at the start of a new line. Code like:

foreach (int i in fiboNums) { if (i % 2 == 0) sumEvenFibos += i; }


should be:

foreach (int i in fiboNums)
{
if (i % 2 == 0)
{
sumEvenFibos += i;
}
}


As for the list, you don't need it:

int current = 1;
int previous = 0;
int sum = 0;
while (current <= 4000000)
{
if ((current % 2) == 0)
{
sum += current;
}
int tmp = current + previous;
previous = current;
current = tmp;
}


Now, that whole thing should be put in its own function, and your main method with a parameter for the upper limit (4,000,000) and it becomes:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
Stopwatch s = new Stopwatch();
s.Start();

int sumEvenFibos = GetFiboSum(4000000);

s.Stop();

Console.WriteLine(sumEvenFibos);
Console.WriteLine(s.ElapsedMilliseconds);
}

1. This:

List<int> fiboNums = new List<int>();
GetFibos(ref fiboNums, 4000000);


looks like a C++-ism. In C# you have value types (struct) and reference types (class). List<T> is a class and thus passing it by ref doesn't gain you anything unless you want to replace the list object with a different one. If anything GetFibos should create the list, fill it and then return it.

2. GetFibos could be better named like GetFibonacciNumbers.

3. As @rolfl pointed out you don't actually need to store all the numbers - you can just generate them as a sequence with an enumerator and then do your processing on the resulting sequence:

public IEnumerable<int> GetFibonacciNumbers(int max)
{
int current = 1;
int previous = 0;
while (current <= max)
{
yield return current;

int tmp = current + previous;
previous = current;
current = tmp;
}
}


Now you can combine this with some LINQ in order to calculate what you want:

var sumOfAllEven = GetFibonacciNumbers(4000000).Where(n => n % 2 == 0).Sum();

• @Hosch250: List<T> is a class and therefor a reference type. Reference types are always passed by reference (as the name indicates). This article might be useful. Jan 11 '15 at 22:22