I am trying to write a racket program that computes the sum of the first n terms in a fibonacci sequence without using recursion, and only using abstract list functions (so map, builld-list, foldr, foldl). I can use helper functions. I'm stuck on how to make a list of the fibonacci numbers without using recursion. I thought I could use a lambda function:
(lambda (lst) (+ (list-ref lst (- (length lst) 1)) (list-ref lst (- (length lst 2)))))
But I am not sure how to generate the input list/how to add this to a function. Once I have a fibonacci sequence I know I can just use (foldl + (car lst) (cdr lst)) to find the sum. Could anyone explain to me how to make the fibonacci sequence/give me a hint?
; This is how I figure out
#|
(1 2 3 4 (0 1))
-> (1 2 3 (1 1))
-> (1 2 (1 2))
-> (1 (2 3))
-> (3 5)
|#
(define (fib n)
(cond
[(= n 0) 0]
[(= n 1) 1]
[(> n 1)
(second
(foldr (λ (no-use ls) (list (second ls) (+ (first ls) (second ls))))
'(0 1)
(build-list (- n 1) (λ (x) x))))]))
(fib 10)
(build-list 10 fib)
Upgrade version 2
(define (fib-v2 n)
(first
(foldr (λ (no-use ls) (list (second ls) (+ (first ls) (second ls))))
'(0 1)
(build-list n (λ (x) x)))))
(build-list 10 fib-v2)