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Discussion on: Daily Challenge #120 - Growth of a Population

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Héctor Pascual

A python one using recursion :

def nb_year(p0, inc, new_comers, p, calls=1):
  pn = p0*(1+inc/100)  + new_comers
  if pn >= p:
    return calls
  else:
    return nb_year(pn, inc, new_comers, p, calls+1)


print(nb_year(1500,5,100,5000))
print(nb_year(1500000, 2.5, 10000, 2000000))