https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Josephus-problem/m-p/570601#M11983 <P>Does anyone have solution for Josephus problem.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:34:30 GMT Armkents 2019-07-02T15:34:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Josephus-problem/m-p/570601#M11983 <P>Does anyone have solution for Josephus problem.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:34:30 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Josephus-problem/m-p/570601#M11983 Armkents 2019-07-02T15:34:30Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Josephus-problem/m-p/570662#M12002 <P>You might want to include a description of what you mean -- <A href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_problem" target="_self">I'm guessing it's this classic problem</A>, sometimes assigned as a programming learning exercise.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>If it is an assignment....do you have examples of what you've tried?&nbsp; There are probably elegant solutions in SAS/IML, but I think a DATA step approach could work as well.</P> Tue, 02 Jul 2019 17:23:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Josephus-problem/m-p/570662#M12002 ChrisHemedinger 2019-07-02T17:23:54Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Josephus-problem/m-p/570682#M12005 <P>Given that there are close to 8 billion possible solvers, "yes" is a very probable answer.</P> Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:19:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Josephus-problem/m-p/570682#M12005 Kurt_Bremser 2019-07-02T18:19:38Z