And an even faster WTDI:
sub next_pwr {
my ($x,$p) = (@_,2); # default to next_pwr(X,2)
my $log = log($x)/log($p);
$log = int($log+1) if $log != int($log);
return $p**$log;
}
You can even add a log() memoization in there:
{
my %LOG = (2 => log(2)); # most common
sub next_pwr {
my ($x,$p) = (@_,2); # default to next_pwr(X,2)
# assertions, etc.
die "illegal base: $p" if $p < 2;
return 1 if $x == 1;
$p = int $p;
my $log =
($LOG{$x} ||= log($x)) / ($LOG{$p} ||= log($p));
$log = int($log+1) if $log != int($log);
return $p ** $log;
}
}
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