Longest Sequence Of Consecutive Odd Integers
October 20, 2015
Today’s exercise is to find the longest sequence of consecutive odd integers that add to a given sum. For instance, given the target 160701, the three consecutive odd integers 53565, 53567 and 53569 sum to 160701, but the 391 consecutive odd integers from 21 to 801 also sum to 160701, and are the longest sequence of consecutive odd integers to do so, so they are the correct answer.
Your task is to write a program to find the longest sequence of consecutive odd integers that add to a given sum. When you are finished, you are welcome to read or run a suggested solution, or to post your own solution or discuss the exercise in the comments below.
Programming Praxis 