It's important to remember that the % operator happens before +, this solves the edge cases around numbers divisible by 9 without needing extra if statements/ternaries.
For instance,
18 -> 1 + 8 = 9
however,
18 % 9 = 0
which does not fit the problem specification, so instead we do
(18 - 1) % 9 + 1 = 17 % 9 + 1 = 8 + 1 = 9
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1 + (n - 1)?I tested it with just n and it works fine.
It's important to remember that the % operator happens before +, this solves the edge cases around numbers divisible by 9 without needing extra if statements/ternaries.
For instance,
however,
which does not fit the problem specification, so instead we do