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=={{header|Action!}}==
{{libheader|Action! Tool Kit}}
<lang Action!>INCLUDE "D2:REAL.ACT" ;from the Action! Tool Kit

PROC Generate(INT value,base REAL POINTER res)
REAL denom,rbase,r1,r2

IntToReal(0,res)
IntToReal(1,denom)
IntToReal(base,rbase)
WHILE value#0
DO
RealMult(denom,rbase,r1)
RealAssign(r1,denom)
IntToReal(value MOD base,r1)
RealDiv(r1,denom,r2)
RealAdd(res,r2,r1)
RealAssign(r1,res)
value==/base
OD
RETURN

PROC Main()
INT value,base
REAL res

Put(125) PutE() ;clear the screen
FOR base=2 TO 5
DO
PrintF("Base %I:%E",base)
FOR value=0 TO 9
DO
Generate(value,base,res)
PrintR(res) Put(32)
OD
PutE() PutE()
OD
RETURN</lang>
{{out}}
[https://gitlab.com/amarok8bit/action-rosetta-code/-/raw/master/images/Van_der_Corput_sequence.png Screenshot from Atari 8-bit computer]
<pre>
Base 2:
0 .5 .25 .75 .125 .625 .375 .875 .0625 .5625

Base 3:
0 .3333333333 .6666666666 .1111111111 .4444444444 .7777777777 .2222222222 .5555555555 .8888888888 .037037037

Base 4:
0 .25 .5 .75 .0625 .3125 .5625 .8125 .125 .375

Base 5:
0 .2 .4 .6 .8 .04 .24 .44 .64 .84
</pre>
</pre>



Revision as of 18:29, 3 December 2021

Task
Van der Corput sequence
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.

When counting integers in binary, if you put a (binary) point to the right of the count then the column immediately to the left denotes a digit with a multiplier of ; the digit in the next column to the left has a multiplier of ; and so on.

So in the following table:

  0.
  1.
 10.
 11.
 ...

the binary number "10" is .

You can also have binary digits to the right of the “point”, just as in the decimal number system. In that case, the digit in the place immediately to the right of the point has a weight of , or . The weight for the second column to the right of the point is or . And so on.

If you take the integer binary count of the first table, and reflect the digits about the binary point, you end up with the van der Corput sequence of numbers in base 2.

  .0
  .1
  .01
  .11
  ...

The third member of the sequence, binary 0.01, is therefore or .


Distribution of 2500 points each: Van der Corput (top) vs pseudorandom

Members of the sequence lie within the interval . Points within the sequence tend to be evenly distributed which is a useful trait to have for Monte Carlo simulations.

This sequence is also a superset of the numbers representable by the "fraction" field of an old IEEE floating point standard. In that standard, the "fraction" field represented the fractional part of a binary number beginning with "1." e.g. 1.101001101.

Hint

A hint at a way to generate members of the sequence is to modify a routine used to change the base of an integer: <lang python>>>> def base10change(n, base): digits = [] while n: n,remainder = divmod(n, base) digits.insert(0, remainder) return digits

>>> base10change(11, 2) [1, 0, 1, 1]</lang> the above showing that 11 in decimal is .
Reflected this would become .1101 or


Task description
  • Create a function/method/routine that given n, generates the n'th term of the van der Corput sequence in base 2.
  • Use the function to compute and display the first ten members of the sequence. (The first member of the sequence is for n=0).
  • As a stretch goal/extra credit, compute and show members of the sequence for bases other than 2.


See also



11l

Translation of: Python

<lang 11l>F vdc(=n, base = 2)

  V (vdc, denom) = (0.0, 1)
  L n != 0
     denom *= base
     (n, V remainder) = divmod(n, base)
     vdc += Float(remainder) / denom
  R vdc

print((0.<10).map(i -> vdc(i))) print((0.<10).map(i -> vdc(i, 3)))</lang>

Output:
[0, 0.5, 0.25, 0.75, 0.125, 0.625, 0.375, 0.875, 0.0625, 0.5625]
[0, 0.333333, 0.666667, 0.111111, 0.444444, 0.777778, 0.222222, 0.555556, 0.888889, 0.037037]

360 Assembly

Translation of: BBC BASIC

The program uses two ASSIST macros (XDECO,XPRNT) to keep the code as short as possible. <lang 360asm>* Van der Corput sequence 31/01/2017 VDCS CSECT

        USING  VDCS,R13           base register
        B      72(R15)            skip savearea
        DC     17F'0'             savearea
        STM    R14,R12,12(R13)    prolog
        ST     R13,4(R15)         " <-
        ST     R15,8(R13)         " ->
        LR     R13,R15            " addressability
        ZAP    B,=P'2'            b=2  (base)
        ZAP    M,=P'-1'           m=-1
        SR     R6,R6              i=0

LOOPI CH R6,=H'10' do i=0 to 10

        BH     ELOOPI
        AP     M,=P'1'            w=m+1
        ZAP    V,=P'0'            v=0
        ZAP    S,=P'1'            s=1
        ZAP    N,M                n=m

WHILE CP N,=P'0' do while n<>0

        BE     EWHILE
        MP     S,B                s=s*b
        ZAP    PL16,N             n
        DP     PL16,B             n/b
        ZAP    W,PL16+8(8)        w=n mod b 
        MP     W,=P'100000'       *100000
        ZAP    PL16,W             w
        DP     PL16,S             w/s
        ZAP    W,PL16(8)          w=w/s
        AP     V,W                v=v+(n mod b)*100000/s
        ZAP    PL16,N             n
        DP     PL16,B             n/b
        ZAP    N,PL16(8)          n=n/b
        B      WHILE

EWHILE XDECO R6,XDEC edit i

        MVC    PG+0(3),XDEC+9     output i
        MVC    PG+3(3),=C' 0.'
        UNPK   Z,V                unpack v
        OI     Z+L'Z-1,X'F0'      edit v
        MVC    PG+6(5),Z+11       output v  (v/100000)
        XPRNT  PG,L'PG            print buffer
        LA     R6,1(R6)           i=i+1
        B      LOOPI

ELOOPI L R13,4(0,R13) epilog

        LM     R14,R12,12(R13)    " restore
        XR     R15,R15            " rc=0
        BR     R14                exit

B DS PL8 M DS PL8 V DS PL8 S DS PL8 N DS PL8 W DS PL8 packed Z DS ZL16 zoned PL16 DS PL16 packed max PG DC CL80' ' buffer XDEC DS CL12 work area for xdeco

        YREGS
        END    VDCS</lang>
Output:
  0 0.00000
  1 0.50000
  2 0.25000
  3 0.75000
  4 0.12500
  5 0.62500
  6 0.37500
  7 0.87500
  8 0.06250
  9 0.56250
 10 0.31250

Action!

<lang Action!>INCLUDE "D2:REAL.ACT" ;from the Action! Tool Kit

PROC Generate(INT value,base REAL POINTER res)

 REAL denom,rbase,r1,r2
 IntToReal(0,res)
 IntToReal(1,denom)
 IntToReal(base,rbase)
 WHILE value#0
 DO
   RealMult(denom,rbase,r1)
   RealAssign(r1,denom)
   IntToReal(value MOD base,r1)
   RealDiv(r1,denom,r2)
   RealAdd(res,r2,r1)
   RealAssign(r1,res)
   value==/base
 OD

RETURN

PROC Main()

 INT value,base
 REAL res
 Put(125) PutE() ;clear the screen
 FOR base=2 TO 5
 DO
   PrintF("Base %I:%E",base)
   FOR value=0 TO 9
   DO
     Generate(value,base,res)
     PrintR(res) Put(32)
   OD
   PutE() PutE()
 OD

RETURN</lang>

Output:

Screenshot from Atari 8-bit computer

Base 2:
0 .5 .25 .75 .125 .625 .375 .875 .0625 .5625

Base 3:
0 .3333333333 .6666666666 .1111111111 .4444444444 .7777777777 .2222222222 .5555555555 .8888888888 .037037037

Base 4:
0 .25 .5 .75 .0625 .3125 .5625 .8125 .125 .375

Base 5:
0 .2 .4 .6 .8 .04 .24 .44 .64 .84

ActionScript

This implementation uses logarithms to computes the nth term of the sequence at any base. Numbers in the output are rounded to 6 decimal places to hide any floating point inaccuracies. <lang ActionScript3> package {

   import flash.display.Sprite;
   import flash.events.Event;
   
   public class VanDerCorput extends Sprite {
       
       public function VanDerCorput():void {
           if (stage) init();
           else addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
       }
       
       private function init(e:Event = null):void {
           
           removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
           
           var base2:Vector.<Number> = new Vector.<Number>(10, true);
           var base3:Vector.<Number> = new Vector.<Number>(10, true);
           var base4:Vector.<Number> = new Vector.<Number>(10, true);
           var base5:Vector.<Number> = new Vector.<Number>(10, true);
           var base6:Vector.<Number> = new Vector.<Number>(10, true);
           var base7:Vector.<Number> = new Vector.<Number>(10, true);
           var base8:Vector.<Number> = new Vector.<Number>(10, true);
           
           var i:uint;
           
           for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
               base2[i] = Math.round( _getTerm(i, 2) * 1000000 ) / 1000000;
               base3[i] = Math.round( _getTerm(i, 3) * 1000000 ) / 1000000;
               base4[i] = Math.round( _getTerm(i, 4) * 1000000 ) / 1000000;
               base5[i] = Math.round( _getTerm(i, 5) * 1000000 ) / 1000000;
               base6[i] = Math.round( _getTerm(i, 6) * 1000000 ) / 1000000;
               base7[i] = Math.round( _getTerm(i, 7) * 1000000 ) / 1000000;
               base8[i] = Math.round( _getTerm(i, 8) * 1000000 ) / 1000000;
           }
           
           trace("Base 2: " + base2.join(', '));
           trace("Base 3: " + base3.join(', '));
           trace("Base 4: " + base4.join(', '));
           trace("Base 5: " + base5.join(', '));
           trace("Base 6: " + base6.join(', '));
           trace("Base 7: " + base7.join(', '));
           trace("Base 8: " + base8.join(', '));
           
       }
       
       private function _getTerm(n:uint, base:uint = 2):Number {
           
           var r:Number = 0, p:uint, digit:uint;
           var baseLog:Number = Math.log(base);
           
           while ( n > 0 ) {
               p = Math.pow( base, uint(Math.log(n) / baseLog) );
               
               digit = n / p;
               n %= p;
               r += digit / (p * base);
           }
           
           return r;
           
       }
       
   }

} </lang>

Output:
Base 2: 0, 0.5, 0.25, 0.75, 0.125, 0.625, 0.375, 0.875, 0.0625, 0.5625
Base 3: 0, 0.333333, 0.666667, 0.111111, 0.444444, 0.777778, 0.222222, 0.555556, 0.888889, 0.037037
Base 4: 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.0625, 0.3125, 0.5625, 0.8125, 0.125, 0.375
Base 5: 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 0.04, 0.24, 0.44, 0.64, 0.84
Base 6: 0, 0.166667, 0.333333, 0.5, 0.666667, 0.833333, 0.027778, 0.194444, 0.361111, 0.527778
Base 7: 0, 0.142857, 0.285714, 0.428571, 0.571429, 0.714286, 0.857143, 0.020408, 0.163265, 0.306122
Base 8: 0, 0.125, 0.25, 0.375, 0.5, 0.625, 0.75, 0.875, 0.015625, 0.140625

Ada

<lang Ada>with Ada.Text_IO;

procedure Main is

  package Float_IO is new Ada.Text_IO.Float_IO (Float);
  function Van_Der_Corput (N : Natural; Base : Positive := 2) return Float is
     Value    : Natural  := N;
     Result   : Float    := 0.0;
     Exponent : Positive := 1;
  begin
     while Value > 0 loop
        Result   := Result +
                    Float (Value mod Base) / Float (Base ** Exponent);
        Value    := Value / Base;
        Exponent := Exponent + 1;
     end loop;
     return Result;
  end Van_Der_Corput;

begin

  for Base in 2 .. 5 loop
     Ada.Text_IO.Put ("Base" & Integer'Image (Base) & ":");
     for N in 1 .. 10 loop
        Ada.Text_IO.Put (' ');
        Float_IO.Put (Item => Van_Der_Corput (N, Base), Exp => 0);
     end loop;
     Ada.Text_IO.New_Line;
  end loop;

end Main;</lang>

Output:
Base 2:  0.50000  0.25000  0.75000  0.12500  0.62500  0.37500  0.87500  0.06250  0.56250  0.31250
Base 3:  0.33333  0.66667  0.11111  0.44444  0.77778  0.22222  0.55556  0.88889  0.03704  0.37037
Base 4:  0.25000  0.50000  0.75000  0.06250  0.31250  0.56250  0.81250  0.12500  0.37500  0.62500
Base 5:  0.20000  0.40000  0.60000  0.80000  0.04000  0.24000  0.44000  0.64000  0.84000  0.08000

AutoHotkey

Works with: AutoHotkey_L

<lang AutoHotkey>SetFormat, FloatFast, 0.5 for i, v in [2, 3, 4, 5, 6] {

   seq .= "Base " v ": "
   Loop, 10
       seq .= VanDerCorput(A_Index - 1, v) (A_Index = 10 ? "`n" : ", ")

} MsgBox, % seq

VanDerCorput(n, b, r=0) {

   while n
       r += Mod(n, b) * b ** -A_Index, n := n // b
   return, r

}</lang>

Output:
Base 2: 0, 0.50000, 0.25000, 0.75000, 0.12500, 0.62500, 0.37500, 0.87500, 0.06250, 0.56250
Base 3: 0, 0.33333, 0.66667, 0.11111, 0.44444, 0.77778, 0.22222, 0.55555, 0.88889, 0.03704
Base 4: 0, 0.25000, 0.50000, 0.75000, 0.06250, 0.31250, 0.56250, 0.81250, 0.12500, 0.37500
Base 5: 0, 0.20000, 0.40000, 0.60000, 0.80000, 0.04000, 0.24000, 0.44000, 0.64000, 0.84000
Base 6: 0, 0.16667, 0.33333, 0.50000, 0.66667, 0.83333, 0.02778, 0.19445, 0.36111, 0.52778

AWK

<lang AWK>

  1. syntax: GAWK -f VAN_DER_CORPUT_SEQUENCE.AWK
  2. converted from BBC BASIC

BEGIN {

   printf("base")
   for (i=0; i<=9; i++) {
     printf(" %7d",i)
   }
   printf("\n")
   for (base=2; base<=5; base++) {
     printf("%-4s",base)
     for (i=0; i<=9; i++) {
       printf(" %7.5f",vdc(i,base))
     }
     printf("\n")
   }
   exit(0)

} function vdc(n,b, s,v) {

   s = 1
   while (n) {
     s *= b
     v += (n % b) / s
     n /= b
     n = int(n)
   }
   return(v)

} </lang>

Output:

base       0       1       2       3       4       5       6       7       8       9
2    0.00000 0.50000 0.25000 0.75000 0.12500 0.62500 0.37500 0.87500 0.06250 0.56250
3    0.00000 0.33333 0.66667 0.11111 0.44444 0.77778 0.22222 0.55556 0.88889 0.03704
4    0.00000 0.25000 0.50000 0.75000 0.06250 0.31250 0.56250 0.81250 0.12500 0.37500
5    0.00000 0.20000 0.40000 0.60000 0.80000 0.04000 0.24000 0.44000 0.64000 0.84000

BASIC

Translation of: C

<lang basic>10 DEFINT A-Z 20 FOR B=2 TO 5 30 PRINT USING "BASE #:";B; 40 FOR I=0 TO 9 50 P=0: Q=1: N=I 60 IF N=0 GOTO 110 70 P=P*B+N MOD B 80 Q=Q*B 90 N=N\B 100 GOTO 60 110 X=P: Y=Q 120 IF P=0 GOTO 150 130 N=P: P=Q MOD P: Q=N 140 GOTO 120 150 X=X\Q 160 Y=Y\Q 170 IF X=0 THEN PRINT " 0"; ELSE PRINT USING " ##/##";X;Y; 180 NEXT I 190 PRINT 200 NEXT B</lang>

Output:
BASE 2:   0   1/ 2   1/ 4   3/ 4   1/ 8   5/ 8   3/ 8   7/ 8   1/16   9/16
BASE 3:   0   1/ 3   2/ 3   1/ 9   4/ 9   7/ 9   2/ 9   5/ 9   8/ 9   1/27
BASE 4:   0   1/ 4   1/ 2   3/ 4   1/16   5/16   9/16  13/16   1/ 8   3/ 8
BASE 5:   0   1/ 5   2/ 5   3/ 5   4/ 5   1/25   6/25  11/25  16/25  21/25

BBC BASIC

<lang bbcbasic> @% = &20509

     FOR base% = 2 TO 5
       PRINT "Base " ; STR$(base%) ":"
       FOR number% = 0 TO 9
         PRINT FNvdc(number%, base%);
       NEXT
       PRINT
     NEXT
     END
     
     DEF FNvdc(n%, b%)
     LOCAL v, s%
     s% = 1
     WHILE n%
       s% *= b%
       v += (n% MOD b%) / s%
       n% DIV= b%
     ENDWHILE
     = v</lang>
Output:
Base 2:
  0.00000  0.50000  0.25000  0.75000  0.12500  0.62500  0.37500  0.87500  0.06250  0.56250
Base 3:
  0.00000  0.33333  0.66667  0.11111  0.44444  0.77778  0.22222  0.55556  0.88889  0.03704
Base 4:
  0.00000  0.25000  0.50000  0.75000  0.06250  0.31250  0.56250  0.81250  0.12500  0.37500
Base 5:
  0.00000  0.20000  0.40000  0.60000  0.80000  0.04000  0.24000  0.44000  0.64000  0.84000

bc

This solution hardcodes the literal 10 because numeric literals in bc can use any base from 2 to 16. This solution only works with integer bases from 2 to 16.

<lang bc>/*

* Return the _n_th term of the van der Corput sequence.
* Uses the current _ibase_.
*/

define v(n) { auto c, r, s

s = scale scale = 0 /* to use integer division */

/* * c = count digits of n * r = reverse the digits of n */ for (0; n != 0; n /= 10) { c += 1 r = (10 * r) + (n % 10) }

/* move radix point to left of digits */ scale = length(r) + 6 r /= 10 ^ c

scale = s return r }

t = 10 for (b = 2; b <= 4; b++) { "base "; b obase = b for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { ibase = b " "; v(i) ibase = t } obase = t } quit</lang>

Some of the calculations are not exact, because bc performs calculations using base 10. So the program prints a result like .202222221 (base 3) when the exact result would be .21 (base 3).

Output:
base 2
  0.00000000000000
  .10000000000000
  .01000000000000
  .11000000000000
  .00100000000000
  .10100000000000
  .01100000000000
  .11100000000000
  .00010000000000
  .10010000000000
base 3
  0.000000000
  .022222222
  .122222221
  .002222222
  .102222222
  .202222221
  .012222222
  .112222221
  .212222221
  .000222222
base 4
  0.0000000
  .1000000
  .2000000
  .3000000
  .0100000
  .1100000
  .2100000
  .310000000
  .0200000
  .1200000

BCPL

Translation of: C

<lang bcpl>get "libhdr"

let corput(n, base, num, denom) be $( let p = 0 and q = 1

   until n=0
   $(  p := p * base + n rem base
       q := q * base
       n := n / base
   $)
   
   !num := p
   !denom := q
   
   until p=0
   $(  n := p
       p := q rem p
       q := n
   $)
   
   !num := !num / q
   !denom := !denom / q

$)

let writefrac(num, denom) be

   test num=0 
       do writes("  0")
       or writef("  %N/%N", num, denom)
  

let start() be $( let num = ? and denom = ?

   for base=2 to 5
   $(  writef("base %N:", base)
       for i=0 to 9
       $(  corput(i, base, @num, @denom)
           writefrac(num, denom)
       $)
       wrch('*N')
   $)

$)</lang>

Output:
base 2:  0  1/2  1/4  3/4  1/8  5/8  3/8  7/8  1/16  9/16
base 3:  0  1/3  2/3  1/9  4/9  7/9  2/9  5/9  8/9  1/27
base 4:  0  1/4  1/2  3/4  1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16  1/8  3/8
base 5:  0  1/5  2/5  3/5  4/5  1/25  6/25  11/25  16/25  21/25

C

<lang C>#include <stdio.h>

void vc(int n, int base, int *num, int *denom) {

       int p = 0, q = 1;
       while (n) {
               p = p * base + (n % base);
               q *= base;
               n /= base;
       }
       *num = p;  
       *denom = q;
       while (p) { n = p; p = q % p; q = n; }
       *num /= q;
       *denom /= q;

}

int main() {

       int d, n, i, b;
       for (b = 2; b < 6; b++) {
               printf("base %d:", b);
               for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
                       vc(i, b, &n, &d);
                       if (n) printf("  %d/%d", n, d);
                       else   printf("  0");
               }
               printf("\n");
       }
       return 0;

}</lang>

Output:
base 2:  0  1/2  1/4  3/4  1/8  5/8  3/8  7/8  1/16  9/16
base 3:  0  1/3  2/3  1/9  4/9  7/9  2/9  5/9  8/9  1/27
base 4:  0  1/4  1/2  3/4  1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16  1/8  3/8
base 5:  0  1/5  2/5  3/5  4/5  1/25  6/25  11/25  16/25  21/25

C#

This is based on the C version.
It uses LINQ and enumeration over a collection to package the sequence and make it easy to use. Note that the iterator returns a generic Tuple whose items are the numerator and denominator for the item.

<lang CSharp> using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text;

namespace VanDerCorput {

   /// <summary>
   /// Computes the Van der Corput sequence for any number base.
   /// The numbers in the sequence vary from zero to one, including zero but excluding one.
   /// The sequence possesses low discrepancy.
   /// Here are the first ten terms for bases 2 to 5:
   /// 
   /// base 2:  0  1/2  1/4  3/4  1/8  5/8  3/8  7/8  1/16  9/16
   /// base 3:  0  1/3  2/3  1/9  4/9  7/9  2/9  5/9  8/9  1/27
   /// base 4:  0  1/4  1/2  3/4  1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16  1/8  3/8
   /// base 5:  0  1/5  2/5  3/5  4/5  1/25  6/25  11/25  16/25  21/25
   /// </summary>
   /// <see cref="http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Van_der_Corput_sequence"/>
   public class VanDerCorputSequence: IEnumerable<Tuple<long,long>>
   {
       /// <summary>
       /// Number base for the sequence, which must bwe two or more.
       /// </summary>
       public int Base { get; private set; }
       /// <summary>
       /// Maximum number of terms to be returned by iterator.
       /// </summary>
       public long Count { get; private set; }
       /// <summary>
       /// Construct a sequence for the given base.
       /// </summary>
       /// <param name="iBase">Number base for the sequence.</param>
       /// <param name="count">Maximum number of items to be returned by the iterator.</param>
       public VanDerCorputSequence(int iBase, long count = long.MaxValue) {
           if (iBase < 2)
               throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("iBase", "must be two or greater, not the given value of " + iBase);
           Base = iBase;
           Count = count;
       }
       /// <summary>
       /// Compute nth term in the Van der Corput sequence for the base specified in the constructor.
       /// </summary>
       /// <param name="n">The position in the sequence, which may be zero or any positive number.</param>
       /// This number is always an integral power of the base.</param>
       /// <returns>The Van der Corput sequence value expressed as a Tuple containing a numerator and a denominator.</returns>
       public Tuple<long,long> Compute(long n)
       {
           long p = 0, q = 1;
           long numerator, denominator;
           while (n != 0)
           {
               p = p * Base + (n % Base);
               q *= Base;
               n /= Base;
           }
           numerator = p;
           denominator = q;
           while (p != 0) 
           { 
               n = p; 
               p = q % p; 
               q = n; 
           }
           numerator /= q;
           denominator /= q;
           return new Tuple<long,long>(numerator, denominator);
       }
       /// <summary>
       /// Compute nth term in the Van der Corput sequence for the given base.
       /// </summary>
       /// <param name="iBase">Base to use for the sequence.</param>
       /// <param name="n">The position in the sequence, which may be zero or any positive number.</param>
       /// <returns>The Van der Corput sequence value expressed as a Tuple containing a numerator and a denominator.</returns>
       public static Tuple<long, long> Compute(int iBase, long n)
       {
           var seq = new VanDerCorputSequence(iBase);
           return seq.Compute(n);
       }
       /// <summary>
       /// Iterate over the Van Der Corput sequence.
       /// The first value in the sequence is always zero, regardless of the base.
       /// </summary>
       /// <returns>A tuple whose items are the Van der Corput value given as a numerator and denominator.</returns>
       public IEnumerator<Tuple<long, long>> GetEnumerator()
       {
           long iSequenceIndex = 0L;
           while (iSequenceIndex < Count)
           {
               yield return Compute(iSequenceIndex);
               iSequenceIndex++;
           }
       }
       System.Collections.IEnumerator System.Collections.IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
       {
           return GetEnumerator();
       }
   }
   class Program
   {
       static void Main(string[] args)
       {
           TestBasesTwoThroughFive();
           Console.WriteLine("Type return to continue...");
           Console.ReadLine();
       }
       static void TestBasesTwoThroughFive()
       {
           foreach (var seq in Enumerable.Range(2, 5).Select(x => new VanDerCorputSequence(x, 10))) // Just the first 10 elements of the each sequence
           {
               Console.Write("base " + seq.Base + ":");
               foreach(var vc in seq) 
                   Console.Write(" " + vc.Item1 + "/" + vc.Item2);
               Console.WriteLine();
           }
       }
   }

}

</lang>

Output:
base 2: 0/1 1/2 1/4 3/4 1/8 5/8 3/8 7/8 1/16 9/16
base 3: 0/1 1/3 2/3 1/9 4/9 7/9 2/9 5/9 8/9 1/27
base 4: 0/1 1/4 1/2 3/4 1/16 5/16 9/16 13/16 1/8 3/8
base 5: 0/1 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 1/25 6/25 11/25 16/25 21/25
base 6: 0/1 1/6 1/3 1/2 2/3 5/6 1/36 7/36 13/36 19/36
Type return to continue...

C++

Translation of: Raku

<lang cpp>#include <cmath>

  1. include <iostream>

double vdc(int n, double base = 2) {

   double vdc = 0, denom = 1;
   while (n)
   {
       vdc += fmod(n, base) / (denom *= base);
       n /= base; // note: conversion from 'double' to 'int'
   }
   return vdc;

}

int main() {

   for (double base = 2; base < 6; ++base)
   {
       std::cout << "Base " << base << "\n";
       for (int n = 0; n < 10; ++n)
       {
           std::cout << vdc(n, base) << " ";
       }
       std::cout << "\n\n";
   }

}</lang>

Output:
Base 2
0 0.5 0.25 0.75 0.125 0.625 0.375 0.875 0.0625 0.5625 

Base 3
0 0.333333 0.666667 0.111111 0.444444 0.777778 0.222222 0.555556 0.888889 0.037037 

Base 4
0 0.25 0.5 0.75 0.0625 0.3125 0.5625 0.8125 0.125 0.375 

Base 5
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.04 0.24 0.44 0.64 0.84 

Clojure

<lang clojure>(defn van-der-corput

 "Get the nth element of the van der Corput sequence."
 ([n]
  ;; Default base = 2
  (van-der-corput n 2))
 ([n base]
  (let [s (/ 1 base)]  ;; A multiplicand to shift to the right of the decimal.
    ;; We essentially want to reverse the digits of n and put them after the
    ;; decimal point. So, we repeatedly pull off the lowest digit of n, scale
    ;; it to the right of the decimal point, and accumulate that.
    (loop [sum 0
           n n
           scale s]
      (if (zero? n)
        sum  ;; Base case: no digits left, so we're done.
        (recur (+ sum (* (rem n base) scale))  ;; Accumulate the least digit
               (quot n base)                   ;; Drop a digit of n
               (* scale s)))))))               ;; Move farther past the decimal

(clojure.pprint/print-table

 (cons :base (range 10))  ;; column headings
 (for [base (range 2 6)]  ;; rows
   (into {:base base}
         (for [n (range 10)]  ;; table entries
           [n (van-der-corput n base)]))))</lang>
Output:
| :base | 0 |   1 |   2 |   3 |    4 |    5 |    6 |     7 |     8 |     9 |
|-------+---+-----+-----+-----+------+------+------+-------+-------+-------|
|     2 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 3/4 |  1/8 |  5/8 |  3/8 |   7/8 |  1/16 |  9/16 |
|     3 | 0 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 1/9 |  4/9 |  7/9 |  2/9 |   5/9 |   8/9 |  1/27 |
|     4 | 0 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 1/16 | 5/16 | 9/16 | 13/16 |   1/8 |   3/8 |
|     5 | 0 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 |  4/5 | 1/25 | 6/25 | 11/25 | 16/25 | 21/25 |

Common Lisp

<lang lisp>(defun van-der-Corput (n base)

 (loop for d = 1 then (* d base) while (<= d n)

finally (return (/ (parse-integer (reverse (write-to-string n :base base)) :radix base) d))))

(loop for base from 2 to 5 do

     (format t "Base ~a: ~{~6a~^~}~%" base

(loop for i to 10 collect (van-der-Corput i base))))</lang>

Output:
Base 2: 0     1/2   1/4   3/4   1/8   5/8   3/8   7/8   1/16  9/16  5/16  
Base 3: 0     1/3   2/3   1/9   4/9   7/9   2/9   5/9   8/9   1/27  10/27 
Base 4: 0     1/4   1/2   3/4   1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16 1/8   3/8   5/8   
Base 5: 0     1/5   2/5   3/5   4/5   1/25  6/25  11/25 16/25 21/25 2/25

Cowgol

Translation of: C

<lang cowgol>include "cowgol.coh";

sub vc(n: uint16, base: uint16): (num: uint16, denom: uint16) is

   var p: uint16 := 0;
   var q: uint16 := 1;
   
   while n != 0 loop
       p := p * base + n % base;
       q := q * base;
       n := n / base;
   end loop;
   
   num := p;
   denom := q;
   
   while p != 0 loop
       n := p;
       p := q % p;
       q := n;
   end loop;
   
   num := num / q;
   denom := denom / q;

end sub;

sub printfrac(num: uint16, denom: uint16) is

   if num == 0 then
       print("  0");
   else
       print("  ");
       print_i16(num);
       print("/");
       print_i16(denom);
   end if;

end sub;

var i: uint16; var base: uint16; var num: uint16; var denom: uint16;

base := 2; while base < 6 loop

   print("base ");
   print_i16(base);
   print(":");
   i := 0;
   while i < 10 loop
       (num, denom) := vc(i, base);
       printfrac(num, denom);
       i := i + 1;
   end loop;
   print_nl();
   base := base + 1;

end loop;</lang>

Output:
base 2:  0  1/2  1/4  3/4  1/8  5/8  3/8  7/8  1/16  9/16
base 3:  0  1/3  2/3  1/9  4/9  7/9  2/9  5/9  8/9  1/27
base 4:  0  1/4  1/2  3/4  1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16  1/8  3/8
base 5:  0  1/5  2/5  3/5  4/5  1/25  6/25  11/25  16/25  21/25

D

<lang d>double vdc(int n, in double base=2.0) pure nothrow @safe @nogc {

   double vdc = 0.0, denom = 1.0;
   while (n) {
       denom *= base;
       vdc += (n % base) / denom;
       n /= base;
   }
   return vdc;

}

void main() {

   import std.stdio, std.algorithm, std.range;
   foreach (immutable b; 2 .. 6)
       writeln("\nBase ", b, ": ", 10.iota.map!(n => vdc(n, b)));

}</lang>

Output:
Base 2: [0, 0.5, 0.25, 0.75, 0.125, 0.625, 0.375, 0.875, 0.0625, 0.5625]

Base 3: [0, 0.333333, 0.666667, 0.111111, 0.444444, 0.777778, 0.222222, 0.555556, 0.888889, 0.037037]

Base 4: [0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.0625, 0.3125, 0.5625, 0.8125, 0.125, 0.375]

Base 5: [0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 0.04, 0.24, 0.44, 0.64, 0.84]

EasyLang

<lang>func vdc b n . v .

 s = 1
 v = 0
 while n > 0
   s *= b
   m = n mod b
   v += m / s
   n = n div b
 .

. for b = 2 to 5

 write "base " & b & ":"
 for n range 10
   call vdc b n v
   write " " & v
 .
 print ""

.</lang>

Output:
base 2: 0 0.50 0.25 0.75 0.12 0.62 0.38 0.88 0.06 0.56
base 3: 0 0.33 0.67 0.11 0.44 0.78 0.22 0.56 0.89 0.04
base 4: 0 0.25 0.50 0.75 0.06 0.31 0.56 0.81 0.12 0.38
base 5: 0 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 0.04 0.24 0.44 0.64 0.84

Ela

<lang ela>open random number list

vdc bs n = vdc' 0.0 1.0 n

 where vdc' v d n 
         | n > 0 = vdc' v' d' n'
         | else  = v
         where 
           d' = d * bs
           rem = n % bs
           n' = truncate (n / bs)
           v' = v + rem / d'</lang>

Test (with base 2.0, using non-strict map function on infinite list):

<lang ela>take 10 <| map' (vdc 2.0) [1..]</lang>

Output:
[0.5,0.25,0.75,0.125,0.625,0.375,0.875,0.0625,0.5625,0.3125]

Elixir

Works with: Elixir version 1.1

<lang elixir>defmodule Van_der_corput do

 def sequence( n, base \\ 2 ) do
   "0." <> (Integer.to_string(n, base) |> String.reverse )
 end
 
 def float( n, base \\ 2 ) do
   Integer.digits(n, base) |> Enum.reduce(0, fn i,acc -> (i + acc) / base end)
 end
 
 def fraction( n, base \\ 2 ) do
   str = Integer.to_string(n, base) |> String.reverse
   denominator = Enum.reduce(1..String.length(str), 1, fn _,acc -> acc*base end)
   reduction( String.to_integer(str, base), denominator )
 end
 
 defp reduction( 0, _ ), do: "0"
 defp reduction( numerator, denominator ) do
   gcd = gcd( numerator, denominator )
   "#{ div(numerator, gcd) }/#{ div(denominator, gcd) }"
 end
 
 defp gcd( a, 0 ), do: a
 defp gcd( a, b ), do: gcd( b, rem(a, b) )

end

funs = [ {"Float(Base):", &Van_der_corput.sequence/2},

        {"Float(Decimal):",  &Van_der_corput.float/2   },
        {"Fraction:",        &Van_der_corput.fraction/2} ]

Enum.each(funs, fn {title, fun} ->

 IO.puts title
 Enum.each(2..5, fn base ->
   IO.puts "  Base #{ base }: #{ Enum.map_join(0..9, ", ", &fun.(&1, base)) }"
 end)

end)</lang>

Output:
Float(Base):
  Base 2: 0.0, 0.1, 0.01, 0.11, 0.001, 0.101, 0.011, 0.111, 0.0001, 0.1001
  Base 3: 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.01, 0.11, 0.21, 0.02, 0.12, 0.22, 0.001
  Base 4: 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.01, 0.11, 0.21, 0.31, 0.02, 0.12
  Base 5: 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.01, 0.11, 0.21, 0.31, 0.41
Float(Decimal):
  Base 2: 0.0, 0.5, 0.25, 0.75, 0.125, 0.625, 0.375, 0.875, 0.0625, 0.5625
  Base 3: 0.0, 0.3333333333333333, 0.6666666666666666, 0.1111111111111111, 0.4444444444444444, 0.7777777777777778, 0.2222222222222222, 0.5555555555555555, 0.8888888888888888, 0.037037037037037035
  Base 4: 0.0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.0625, 0.3125, 0.5625, 0.8125, 0.125, 0.375
  Base 5: 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 0.04, 0.24, 0.44000000000000006, 0.64, 0.8400000000000001
Fraction:
  Base 2: 0, 1/2, 1/4, 3/4, 1/8, 5/8, 3/8, 7/8, 1/16, 9/16
  Base 3: 0, 1/3, 2/3, 1/9, 4/9, 7/9, 2/9, 5/9, 8/9, 1/27
  Base 4: 0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1/16, 5/16, 9/16, 13/16, 1/8, 3/8
  Base 5: 0, 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 1/25, 6/25, 11/25, 16/25, 21/25

Erlang

I liked the bc output-in-same-base, but think this is the way it should look. <lang Erlang> -module( van_der_corput ).

-export( [sequence/1, sequence/2, task/0] ).

sequence( N ) -> sequence( N, 2 ).

sequence( 0, _Base ) -> 0.0; sequence( N, Base ) -> erlang:list_to_float( "0." ++ lists:flatten([erlang:integer_to_list(X) || X <- sequence_loop(N, Base)]) ).

task() -> [task(X) || X <- lists:seq(2, 5)].


sequence_loop( 0, _Base ) -> []; sequence_loop( N, Base ) -> New_n = N div Base, Digit = N rem Base, [Digit | sequence_loop( New_n, Base )].

task( Base ) -> io:fwrite( "Base ~p:", [Base] ), [io:fwrite( " ~p", [sequence(X, Base)] ) || X <- lists:seq(0, 9)], io:fwrite( "~n" ). </lang>

Output:
34> van_der_corput:task().
Base 2: 0.0 0.1 0.01 0.11 0.001 0.101 0.011 0.111 0.0001 0.1001
Base 3: 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.02 0.12 0.22 0.001
Base 4: 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.31 0.02 0.12
Base 5: 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.31 0.41

ERRE

<lang ERRE>PROGRAM VAN_DER_CORPUT

! ! for rosettacode.org !

PROCEDURE VDC(N%,B%->RES)

     LOCAL V,S%
     S%=1
     WHILE N%>0 DO
       S%*=B%
       V+=(N% MOD B%)/S%
       N%=N% DIV B%
     END WHILE
     RES=V

END PROCEDURE

BEGIN

     FOR BASE%=2 TO 5 DO
       PRINT("Base";STR$(BASE%);":")
       FOR NUMBER%=0 TO 9 DO
         VDC(NUMBER%,BASE%->RES)
         WRITE("#.##### ";RES;)
       END FOR
       PRINT
     END FOR

END PROGRAM</lang>

Output:
Base 2:
 0.00000 0.50000 0.25000 0.75000 0.12500 0.62500 0.37500 0.87500 0.06250 0.56250
Base 3:
 0.00000 0.33333 0.66667 0.11111 0.44444 0.77778 0.22222 0.55556 0.88889 0.03704
Base 4:
 0.00000 0.25000 0.50000 0.75000 0.06250 0.31250 0.56250 0.81250 0.12500 0.37500
Base 5:
 0.00000 0.20000 0.40000 0.60000 0.80000 0.04000 0.24000 0.44000 0.64000 0.84000

Euphoria

Translation of: D

<lang euphoria>function vdc(integer n, atom base)

   atom vdc, denom, rem
   vdc = 0
   denom = 1
   while n do
       denom *= base
       rem = remainder(n,base)
       n = floor(n/base)
       vdc += rem / denom
   end while
   return vdc

end function

for i = 2 to 5 do

   printf(1,"Base %d\n",i)
   for j = 0 to 9 do
       printf(1,"%g ",vdc(j,i))
   end for
   puts(1,"\n\n")

end for</lang>

Output:
Base 2
0 0.5 0.25 0.75 0.125 0.625 0.375 0.875 0.0625 0.5625

Base 3
0 0.333333 0.666667 0.111111 0.444444 0.777778 0.222222 0.555556 0.888889 0.037037

Base 4
0 0.25 0.5 0.75 0.0625 0.3125 0.5625 0.8125 0.125 0.375

Base 5
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.04 0.24 0.44 0.64 0.84

F#

<lang fsharp>open System

let vdc n b =

   let rec loop n denom acc =
       if n > 0l then
           let m, remainder = Math.DivRem(n, b)
           loop m (denom * b) (acc + (float remainder) / (float (denom * b)))
       else acc
   loop n 1 0.0
    

[<EntryPoint>] let main argv =

   printfn "%A" [ for n in 0 .. 9 -> (vdc n 2) ]
   printfn "%A" [ for n in 0 .. 9 -> (vdc n 5) ]
   0</lang>
Output:
[0.0; 0.5; 0.25; 0.75; 0.125; 0.625; 0.375; 0.875; 0.0625; 0.5625]
[0.0; 0.2; 0.4; 0.6; 0.8; 0.04; 0.24; 0.44; 0.64; 0.84]

Factor

Works with: Factor version 0.98

<lang factor>USING: formatting fry io kernel math math.functions math.parser math.ranges sequences ; IN: rosetta-code.van-der-corput

vdc ( n base -- x )
   [ >base string>digits <reversed> ]
   [ nip '[ 1 + neg _ swap ^ * ] ] 2bi map-index sum ;
vdc-demo ( -- )
   2 5 [a,b] [
       dup "Base %d: " printf 10 <iota>
       [ swap vdc "%-5u " printf ] with each nl
   ] each ;

MAIN: vdc-demo</lang>

Output:
Base 2: 0     1/2   1/4   3/4   1/8   5/8   3/8   7/8   1/16  9/16  
Base 3: 0     1/3   2/3   1/9   4/9   7/9   2/9   5/9   8/9   1/27  
Base 4: 0     1/4   1/2   3/4   1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16 1/8   3/8   
Base 5: 0     1/5   2/5   3/5   4/5   1/25  6/25  11/25 16/25 21/25 

Forth

<lang forth>: fvdc ( base n -- f )

 0e 1e ( F: vdc denominator )
 begin dup while
   over s>d d>f f*
   over /mod  ( base rem n )
   swap s>d d>f fover f/
   frot f+ fswap
 repeat 2drop fdrop ;
test 10 0 do 2 i fvdc cr f. loop ;</lang>
Output:
test
0.
0.5
0.25
0.75
0.125
0.625
0.375
0.875
0.0625
0.5625  ok

Fortran

This is straightforward once one remembers that the obvious scheme for extracting digits from a number produces them from the low-order end to the high-order end. This reversal is normally annoying, but here a "reflection" is desired. The source is old-style, except for using F90's ability to have a function (or subroutine) name appear on its END statement with this checked by the compiler. Because the MODULE protocol introduced by F90 is not bothered with, the type of the function has to be declared in all routines invoking it if the default type based on the form of the name does not suffice. Single precision suffices, but the F90 compiler moans that the type of the function itself has not been explicitly declared. Ah well. <lang Fortran> FUNCTION VDC(N,BASE) !Calculates a Van der Corput number... Converts 1234 in decimal to 4321 in V, and P = 10000.

      INTEGER N	!For this integer,
      INTEGER BASE	!In this base.
      INTEGER I	!A copy of N that can be damaged.
      INTEGER P	!Successive powers of BASE.
      INTEGER V	!Accumulates digits.
       P = 1		! = BASE**0
       V = 0		!Start with no digits, as if N = 0.
       I = N		!Here we go.
       DO WHILE (I .NE. 0)	!While something remains,
         V = V*BASE + MOD(I,BASE)	!Extract its low-order digit.
         I = I/BASE			!Reduce it by a power.
         P = P*BASE			!And track the power.
       END DO			!Thus extract the digits in reverse order: right-to-left.
       VDC = V/FLOAT(P)	!The power is one above the highest digit.
     END FUNCTION VDC	!Numerology is weird.
     PROGRAM POKE
     INTEGER FIRST,LAST	!Might as well document some constants.
     PARAMETER (FIRST = 0,LAST = 9)	!Thus, the first ten values.
     INTEGER I,BASE		!Steppers.
     REAL VDC			!Stop the compiler moaning about undeclared items.
     WRITE (6,1) FIRST,LAST,(I, I = FIRST,LAST)	!Announce.
   1 FORMAT ("Calculates values ",I0," to ",I0," of the ",
    1 "Van der Corput sequence, in various bases."/
    2 "Base",666I9)
     DO BASE = 2,13	!A selection of bases.
       WRITE (6,2) BASE,(VDC(I,BASE), I = FIRST,LAST)	!Show the specified span.
   2   FORMAT (I4,666F9.6)	!Aligns with FORMAT 1.
     END DO		!On to the next base.
     END</lang>

Output: six-digit precision is about the most that single precision offers.

Calculates values 0 to 9 of the Van der Corput sequence, in various bases.
Base        0        1        2        3        4        5        6        7        8        9
   2 0.000000 0.500000 0.250000 0.750000 0.125000 0.625000 0.375000 0.875000 0.062500 0.562500
   3 0.000000 0.333333 0.666667 0.111111 0.444444 0.777778 0.222222 0.555556 0.888889 0.037037
   4 0.000000 0.250000 0.500000 0.750000 0.062500 0.312500 0.562500 0.812500 0.125000 0.375000
   5 0.000000 0.200000 0.400000 0.600000 0.800000 0.040000 0.240000 0.440000 0.640000 0.840000
   6 0.000000 0.166667 0.333333 0.500000 0.666667 0.833333 0.027778 0.194444 0.361111 0.527778
   7 0.000000 0.142857 0.285714 0.428571 0.571429 0.714286 0.857143 0.020408 0.163265 0.306122
   8 0.000000 0.125000 0.250000 0.375000 0.500000 0.625000 0.750000 0.875000 0.015625 0.140625
   9 0.000000 0.111111 0.222222 0.333333 0.444444 0.555556 0.666667 0.777778 0.888889 0.012346
  10 0.000000 0.100000 0.200000 0.300000 0.400000 0.500000 0.600000 0.700000 0.800000 0.900000
  11 0.000000 0.090909 0.181818 0.272727 0.363636 0.454545 0.545455 0.636364 0.727273 0.818182
  12 0.000000 0.083333 0.166667 0.250000 0.333333 0.416667 0.500000 0.583333 0.666667 0.750000
  13 0.000000 0.076923 0.153846 0.230769 0.307692 0.384615 0.461538 0.538462 0.615385 0.692308

FreeBASIC

<lang freebasic>' version 03-12-2016 ' compile with: fbc -s console

Function num_base(number As ULongInt, _base_ As UInteger) As String

   If _base_ > 9 Then
       Print "base not handled by function"
       Sleep 5000
       Return ""
   End If
   Dim As ULongInt n
   Dim As String ans
   While number <> 0
       n = number Mod _base_
       ans = Str(n) + ans
       number = number \ _base_
   Wend
   
   If ans = "" Then ans = "0"
   
   Return "." + ans

End Function

' ------=< MAIN >=------

Dim As ULong k, l For k = 2 To 5

   Print "Base = "; k
   For l = 0 To 12
       Print left(num_base(l, k) + "      ",6);
   Next
   Print : print

Next

' empty keyboard buffer While Inkey <> "" : Wend Print : Print "hit any key to end program" Sleep End</lang>

Output:
Base = 2
.0    .1    .10   .11   .100  .101  .110  .111  .1000 .1001 .1010 .1011 .1100 

Base = 3
.0    .1    .2    .10   .11   .12   .20   .21   .22   .100  .101  .102  .110  

Base = 4
.0    .1    .2    .3    .10   .11   .12   .13   .20   .21   .22   .23   .30   

Base = 5
.0    .1    .2    .3    .4    .10   .11   .12   .13   .14   .20   .21   .22

Fōrmulæ

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Go

<lang go>package main

import "fmt"

func v2(n uint) (r float64) {

   p := .5
   for n > 0 {
       if n&1 == 1 {
           r += p
       }
       p *= .5
       n >>= 1
   }
   return

}

func newV(base uint) func(uint) float64 {

   invb := 1 / float64(base)
   return func(n uint) (r float64) {
       p := invb
       for n > 0 {
           r += p * float64(n%base)
           p *= invb
           n /= base
       }
       return
   }

}

func main() {

   fmt.Println("Base 2:")
   for i := uint(0); i < 10; i++ {
       fmt.Println(i, v2(i))
   }
   fmt.Println("Base 3:")
   v3 := newV(3)
   for i := uint(0); i < 10; i++ {
       fmt.Println(i, v3(i))
   }

}</lang>

Output:
Base 2:
0 0
1 0.5
2 0.25
3 0.75
4 0.125
5 0.625
6 0.375
7 0.875
8 0.0625
9 0.5625
Base 3:
0 0
1 0.3333333333333333
2 0.6666666666666666
3 0.1111111111111111
4 0.4444444444444444
5 0.7777777777777777
6 0.2222222222222222
7 0.5555555555555556
8 0.8888888888888888
9 0.037037037037037035

Haskell

The function vdc returns the nth exact, arbitrary precision van der Corput number for any base ≥ 2 and any n. (A reasonable value is returned for negative values of n.) <lang haskell>import Data.Ratio (Rational(..), (%), numerator, denominator) import Data.List (unfoldr) import Text.Printf (printf)

-- A wrapper type for Rationals to make them look nicer when we print them. newtype Rat =

 Rat Rational

instance Show Rat where

 show (Rat n) = show (numerator n) <> ('/' : show (denominator n))

-- Convert a list of base b digits to its corresponding number. -- We assume the digits are valid base b numbers and that -- their order is from least to most significant. digitsToNum :: Integer -> [Integer] -> Integer digitsToNum b = foldr1 (\d acc -> b * acc + d)

-- Convert a number to the list of its base b digits. -- The order will be from least to most significant. numToDigits :: Integer -> Integer -> [Integer] numToDigits _ 0 = [0] numToDigits b n = unfoldr step n

 where
   step 0 = Nothing
   step m =
     let (q, r) = m `quotRem` b
     in Just (r, q)

-- Return the n'th element in the base b van der Corput sequence. -- The base must be ≥ 2. vdc :: Integer -> Integer -> Rat vdc b n

 | b < 2 = error "vdc: base must be ≥ 2"
 | otherwise =
   let ds = reverse $ numToDigits b n
   in Rat (digitsToNum b ds % b ^ length ds)

-- Each base followed by a specified range of van der Corput numbers. printVdcRanges :: ([Integer], [Integer]) -> IO () printVdcRanges (bases, nums) =

 mapM_
   putStrLn
   [ printf "Base %d:" b <> concatMap (printf " %5s" . show) rs
   | b <- bases 
   , let rs = map (vdc b) nums ]

main :: IO () main = do

 -- Small bases:
 printVdcRanges ([2, 3, 4, 5], [0 .. 9])
 putStrLn []

 -- Base 123:
 printVdcRanges ([123], [50,100 .. 300])</lang>
Output:
Base 2:   0/1   1/2   1/4   3/4   1/8   5/8   3/8   7/8  1/16  9/16
Base 3:   0/1   1/3   2/3   1/9   4/9   7/9   2/9   5/9   8/9  1/27
Base 4:   0/1   1/4   1/2   3/4  1/16  5/16  9/16 13/16   1/8   3/8
Base 5:   0/1   1/5   2/5   3/5   4/5  1/25  6/25 11/25 16/25 21/25

Base 123: 50/123 100/123 3322/15129 9472/15129 494/15129 6644/15129

Icon and Unicon

The following solution works in both Icon and Unicon: <lang Unicon>procedure main(A)

   base := integer(get(A)) | 2
   every writes(round(vdc(0 to 9,base),10)," ")
   write()

end

procedure vdc(n, base)

   e := 1.0
   x := 0.0
   while x +:= 1(((0 < n) % base) / (e *:= base), n /:= base)
   return x

end

procedure round(n,d)

   places := 10 ^ d
   return real(integer(n*places + 0.5)) / places

end</lang>

and a sample run is:

->vdc
0.0 0.5 0.25 0.75 0.125 0.625 0.375 0.875 0.0625 0.5625 
->vdc 3
0.0 0.3333333333 0.6666666667 0.1111111111 0.4444444444 0.7777777778 0.2222222222 0.5555555556 0.8888888889 0.037037037 
->vdc 5
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.04 0.24 0.44 0.64 0.84 
->vdc 123
0.0 0.0081300813 0.0162601626 0.0243902439 0.0325203252 0.0406504065 0.0487804878 0.0569105691 0.0650406504 0.07317073170000001 
->

An alternate, Unicon-specific implementation of vdc patterned after the functional Raku solution is: <lang Unicon>procedure vdc(n, base)

   s1 := create |((0 < 1(.n, n /:= base)) % base)
   s2 := create 2(e := 1.0, |(e *:= base))
   every (result := 0) +:= |s1() / s2()
   return result

end</lang> It produces the same output as shown above.

J

Solution: <lang j>vdc=: ([ %~ %@[ #. #.inv)"0 _</lang> Examples: <lang j> 2 vdc i.10 NB. 1st 10 nums of Van der Corput sequence in base 2 0 0.5 0.25 0.75 0.125 0.625 0.375 0.875 0.0625 0.5625

  2x vdc i.10               NB. as above but using rational nums

0 1r2 1r4 3r4 1r8 5r8 3r8 7r8 1r16 9r16

  2 3 4 5x vdc i.10         NB. 1st 10 nums of Van der Corput sequence in bases 2 3 4 5

0 1r2 1r4 3r4 1r8 5r8 3r8 7r8 1r16 9r16 0 1r3 2r3 1r9 4r9 7r9 2r9 5r9 8r9 1r27 0 1r4 1r2 3r4 1r16 5r16 9r16 13r16 1r8 3r8 0 1r5 2r5 3r5 4r5 1r25 6r25 11r25 16r25 21r25</lang>

In other words: use the left argument as the "base" to structure the sequence numbers into digits ("base 2", etc.). Then use the reciprocal of the left argument as the "base" to re-represent this sequence and divide that result by the left argument to get the Van der Corput sequence number.

Java

Translation of: Raku

Using (denom *= 2) as the denominator is not a recommended way of doing things since it is not clear when the multiplication and assignment happen. Comparing this to the "++" operator, it looks like it should do the doubling and assignment second. Comparing it to the "++" operator used as a preincrement operator, it looks like it should do the doubling and assignment first. Comparing it to the behavior of parentheses, it looks like it should do the doubling and assignment first. Luckily for us, it works the same in Java as in Raku (doubling and assignment first). It was kept the Raku way to help with the comparison. Normally, we would initialize denom to 2 (since that is the denominator of the leftmost digit), use it alone in the vdc sum, and then double it after. <lang java>public class VanDerCorput{ public static double vdc(int n){ double vdc = 0; int denom = 1; while(n != 0){ vdc += n % 2.0 / (denom *= 2); n /= 2; } return vdc; }

public static void main(String[] args){ for(int i = 0; i <= 10; i++){ System.out.println(vdc(i)); } } }</lang>

Output:
0.0
0.5
0.25
0.75
0.125
0.625
0.375
0.875
0.0625
0.5625
0.3125

jq

Works with: jq version 1.4

The neat thing about the following implementation of vdc(base) is that it shows how the task can be accomplished in two separate steps without the need to construct an intermediate array. <lang jq># vdc(base) converts an input decimal integer to a decimal number based on the van der

  1. Corput sequence using base 'base', e.g. (4 | vdc(2)) is 0.125.

def vdc(base):

 # The helper function converts a stream of residuals to a decimal,
 # e.g. if base is 2, then decimalize( (0,0,1) ) yields 0.125
 def decimalize(stream):
   reduce stream as $d   # state: [accumulator, power]
     ( [0, 1/base];
      .[1] as $power | [ .[0] + ($d * $power), $power / base] )
   | .[0];
 if . == 0 then 0
 else decimalize(recurse( if . == 0 then empty else ./base | floor end ) % base)
 end ;</lang>

Example: <lang jq>def round(n):

 (if . < 0 then -1 else 1 end) as $s
 | $s*10*.*n | if (floor%10)>4 then (.+5) else . end | ./10 | floor/n | .*$s;

range(2;6) | . as $base | "Base \(.): \( [ range(0;11) | vdc($base)|round(1000) ] )"</lang>

Output:

<lang sh> $ jq -n -f -c -r van_der_corput_sequence.jq Base 2: [0,0.5,0.25,0.75,0.125,0.625,0.375,0.875,0.063,0.563,0.313] Base 3: [0,0.333,0.667,0.111,0.444,0.778,0.222,0.556,0.889,0.037,0.37] Base 4: [0,0.25,0.5,0.75,0.063,0.313,0.563,0.813,0.125,0.375,0.625] Base 5: [0,0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8,0.04,0.24,0.44,0.64,0.84,0.08]</lang>

Julia

<lang julia>using Printf

vandercorput(num::Integer, base::Integer) = sum(d * Float64(base) ^ -ex for (ex, d) in enumerate(digits(num, base)))

for base in 2:9

   @printf("%10s %i:", "Base", base)
   for num in 0:9 @printf("%7.3f", vandercorput(num, base)) end
   println(" [...]")

end</lang>

Output:
      Base 2:  0.000  0.500  0.250  0.750  0.125  0.625  0.375  0.875  0.063  0.563...
      Base 3:  0.000  0.333  0.667  0.111  0.444  0.778  0.222  0.556  0.889  0.037...
      Base 4:  0.000  0.250  0.500  0.750  0.063  0.313  0.563  0.813  0.125  0.375...
      Base 5:  0.000  0.200  0.400  0.600  0.800  0.040  0.240  0.440  0.640  0.840...
      Base 6:  0.000  0.167  0.333  0.500  0.667  0.833  0.028  0.194  0.361  0.528...
      Base 7:  0.000  0.143  0.286  0.429  0.571  0.714  0.857  0.020  0.163  0.306...
      Base 8:  0.000  0.125  0.250  0.375  0.500  0.625  0.750  0.875  0.016  0.141...
      Base 9:  0.000  0.111  0.222  0.333  0.444  0.556  0.667  0.778  0.889  0.012...

Kotlin

Translation of: C

<lang scala>// version 1.1.2

data class Rational(val num: Int, val denom: Int)

fun vdc(n: Int, base: Int): Rational {

   var p = 0
   var q = 1
   var nn = n
   while (nn != 0) {
       p = p * base + nn % base
       q *= base
       nn /= base
   }
   val num = p
   val denom = q
   while (p != 0) {
       nn = p
       p = q % p
       q = nn
   }
   return Rational(num / q, denom / q)

}

fun main(args: Array<String>) {

   for (b in 2..5) {
       print("base $b:")
       for (i in 0..9) {
           val(num, denom) = vdc(i, b)
           if (num != 0) print("  $num/$denom")
           else print("  0")
       }
       println()
   }

}</lang>

Output:
base 2:  0  1/2  1/4  3/4  1/8  5/8  3/8  7/8  1/16  9/16
base 3:  0  1/3  2/3  1/9  4/9  7/9  2/9  5/9  8/9  1/27
base 4:  0  1/4  1/2  3/4  1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16  1/8  3/8
base 5:  0  1/5  2/5  3/5  4/5  1/25  6/25  11/25  16/25  21/25

Lua

<lang lua>function vdc(n, base)

   local digits = {}
   while n ~= 0 do
       local m = math.floor(n / base)
       table.insert(digits, n - m * base)
       n = m
   end
   m = 0
   for p, d in pairs(digits) do
       m = m + math.pow(base, -p) * d
   end
   return m

end</lang>

Maple

<lang maple>Halton:=proc(n,b)

 local i:=n,k:=1,s:=0,r;
 while i>0 do
   k/=b;
   i:=iquo(i,b,'r');
   s+=k*r
 od;
 s

end;

map(Halton,[$1..10],2);

  1. [1/2, 1/4, 3/4, 1/8, 5/8, 3/8, 7/8, 1/16, 9/16, 5/16]

map(Halton,[$1..10],3);

  1. [1/3, 2/3, 1/9, 4/9, 7/9, 2/9, 5/9, 8/9, 1/27, 10/27]

map(Halton,[$1..10],4);

  1. [1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1/16, 5/16, 9/16, 13/16, 1/8, 3/8, 5/8]

map(Halton,[$1..10],5); [1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 1/25, 6/25, 11/25, 16/25, 21/25, 2/25]</lang>

Mathematica/Wolfram Language

<lang Mathematica>VanDerCorput[n_,base_:2]:=Table[

 FromDigits[{Reverse[IntegerDigits[k,base]],0},base],

{k,n}] VanDerCorput[10,2] VanDerCorput[10,3] VanDerCorput[10,4] VanDerCorput[10,5] </lang>

Output:
{1/2,1/4,3/4,1/8,5/8,3/8,7/8,1/16,9/16,5/16}
{1/3, 2/3, 1/9, 4/9, 7/9, 2/9, 5/9, 8/9, 1/27, 10/27}
{1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1/16, 5/16, 9/16, 13/16, 1/8, 3/8, 5/8}
{1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 1/25, 6/25, 11/25, 16/25, 21/25, 2/25}

MATLAB / Octave

<lang Matlab> function x = corput (n)

   b = dec2bin(1:n)-'0';   % generate sequence of binary numbers from 1 to n
   l = size(b,2);          % get number of binary digits 
   w = (1:l)-l-1;          % 2.^w are the weights
   x = b * ( 2.^w');       % matrix times vector multiplication for 
   end;  </lang>
Output:
 corput(10)
 ans =

   0.500000
   0.250000
   0.750000
   0.125000
   0.625000
   0.375000
   0.875000
   0.062500
   0.562500
   0.312500

Maxima

Define two helper functions <lang Maxima>/* convert a decimal integer to a list of digits in base `base' */ dec2digits(d, base):= block([digits: []],

 while (d>0) do block([newdi: mod(d, base)],
   digits: cons(newdi, digits),
   d: round( (d - newdi) / base)),
 digits)$

dec2digits(123, 10); /* [1, 2, 3] */ dec2digits( 8, 2); /* [1, 0, 0, 0] */</lang>

<lang Maxima>/* convert a list of digits in base `base' to a decimal integer */ digits2dec(l, base):= block([s: 0, po: 1],

 for di in reverse(l) do (s: di*po + s, po: po*base),
 s)$

digits2dec([1, 2, 3], 10); /* 123 */ digits2dec([1, 0, 0, 0], 2); /* 8 */</lang>

The main function <lang Maxima>vdc(n, base):= makelist(

 digits2dec(
   dec2digits(k, base),
   1/base) / base,
 k, n);

vdc(10, 2); /*

                       1  1  3  1  5  3  7  1   9   5

(%o123) [-, -, -, -, -, -, -, --, --, --]

                       2  4  4  8  8  8  8  16  16  16
  • /

vdc(10, 5); /*

                     1  2  3  4  1   6   11  16  21  2

(%o124) [-, -, -, -, --, --, --, --, --, --]

                     5  5  5  5  25  25  25  25  25  25
  • /</lang>

digits2dec can by used with symbols to produce the same example as in the task description <lang Maxima> /* 11 in decimal is */ digits: digits2dec([box(1), box(0), box(1), box(1)], box(2)); aux: expand(digits2dec(digits, 1/base) / base)$ simp: false$ /* reflected this would become ... */ subst(box(2), base, aux); simp: true$

/*

                        3          2
                     """  """   """  """   """ """   """

(%o126) "2" "1" + "2" "0" + "2" "1" + "1"

                     """  """   """  """   """ """   """
                     - 4          - 3          - 2          - 1
              """ """      """ """      """ """      """ """

(%o129) "1" "2" + "0" "2" + "1" "2" + "1" "2"

              """ """      """ """      """ """      """ """
  • /</lang>

Modula-2

<lang modula2>MODULE Sequence; FROM FormatString IMPORT FormatString; FROM Terminal IMPORT WriteString,WriteLn,ReadChar;

PROCEDURE vc(n,base : INTEGER; VAR num,denom : INTEGER); VAR p,q : INTEGER; BEGIN

   p := 0;
   q := 1;
   WHILE n#0 DO
       p := p * base + (n MOD base);
       q := q * base;
       n := n DIV base
   END;
   num := p;
   denom := q;
   WHILE p#0 DO
       n := p;
       p := q MOD p;
       q := n
   END;
   num := num DIV q;
   denom := denom DIV q

END vc;

VAR

   buf : ARRAY[0..31] OF CHAR;
   d,n,i,b : INTEGER;

BEGIN

   FOR b:=2 TO 5 DO
       FormatString("base %i:", buf, b);
       WriteString(buf);
       FOR i:=0 TO 9 DO
           vc(i,b,n,d);
           IF n#0 THEN
               FormatString("  %i/%i", buf, n, d);
               WriteString(buf)
           ELSE
               WriteString("  0")
           END
       END;
       WriteLn
   END;
   ReadChar

END Sequence.</lang>

Nim

Using the “rationals” module of the standard library. <lang Nim>import rationals, strutils, sugar

type Fract = Rational[int]

proc corput(n: int; base: Positive): Fract =

 result = 0.toRational
 var b = 1 // base
 var n = n
 while n != 0:
   result += n mod base * b
   n = n div base
   b /= base

for base in 2..5:

 let list = collect(newSeq, for n in 1..10: corput(n, base))
 echo "Base $#: ".format(base), list.join(" ")</lang>
Output:
Base 2: 1/2 1/4 3/4 1/8 5/8 3/8 7/8 1/16 9/16 5/16
Base 3: 1/3 2/3 1/9 4/9 7/9 2/9 5/9 8/9 1/27 10/27
Base 4: 1/4 1/2 3/4 1/16 5/16 9/16 13/16 1/8 3/8 5/8
Base 5: 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 1/25 6/25 11/25 16/25 21/25 2/25

PARI/GP

<lang parigp>VdC(n)=n=binary(n);sum(i=1,#n,if(n[i],1.>>(#n+1-i))); VdC(n)=sum(i=1,#binary(n),if(bittest(n,i-1),1.>>i)); \\ Alternate approach vector(10,n,VdC(n))</lang>

Output:
[0.500000000, 0.250000000, 0.750000000, 0.125000000, 0.625000000, 0.375000000, 0.875000000, 0.0625000000, 0.562500000, 0.312500000]

Pascal

Tested with Free Pascal <lang pascal>Program VanDerCorput; {$IFDEF FPC}

 {$MODE DELPHI}

{$ELSE}

 {$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

{$ENDIF}

type

 tvdrCallback = procedure (nom,denom: NativeInt);

{ Base=2 function rev2(n,Pot:NativeUint):NativeUint; var

 r : Nativeint;

begin

 r := 0;
 while Pot > 0 do
 Begin
   r := r shl 1 OR (n AND 1);
   n := n shr 1;
   dec(Pot);
 end;
 rev2 := r;

end; }

function reverse(n,base,Pot:NativeUint):NativeUint; var

 r,c : Nativeint;

begin

 r := 0;

//No need to test n> 0 in this special case, n starting in upper half

 while Pot > 0 do
 Begin
   c := n div base;
   r := n+(r-c)*base;
   n := c;
   dec(Pot);
 end;
 reverse := r;

end;

procedure VanDerCorput(base,count:NativeUint;f:tvdrCallback); //calculates count nominater and denominater of Van der Corput sequence // to base var

Pot,
denom,nom,
i : NativeUint;

Begin

 denom := 1;
 Pot := 0;
 while count > 0 do
 Begin
   IF Pot = 0 then
     f(0,1);
   //start in upper half
   i := denom;
   inc(Pot);
   denom := denom *base;
   repeat
     nom := reverse(i,base,Pot);
     IF count > 0 then
       f(nom,denom)
     else
       break;
     inc(i);
     dec(count);
   until i >= denom;
 end;

end;

procedure vdrOutPut(nom,denom: NativeInt); Begin

 write(nom,'/',denom,'  ');

end;

var

i : NativeUint;

Begin

 For i := 2 to 5 do
 Begin
   write(' Base ',i:2,' :');
   VanDerCorput(i,9,@vdrOutPut);
   writeln;
 end;

end. </lang>

output
 Base  2 :0/1  1/2  1/4  3/4  1/8  5/8  3/8  7/8  1/16  9/16  
 Base  3 :0/1  1/3  2/3  1/9  4/9  7/9  2/9  5/9  8/9  1/27  
 Base  4 :0/1  1/4  2/4  3/4  1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16  2/16  6/16  
 Base  5 :0/1  1/5  2/5  3/5  4/5  1/25  6/25  11/25  16/25  21/25

Perl

Translation of: Raku

<lang perl>sub vdc {

   my @value = shift;
   my $base = shift // 2;
   use integer;
   push @value, $value[-1] / $base while $value[-1] > 0;
   my ($x, $sum) = (1, 0);
   no integer;
   $sum += ($_ % $base) / ($x *= $base) for @value;
   return $sum;

}

for my $base ( 2 .. 5 ) {

   print "base $base: ", join ' ', map { vdc($_, $base) } 0 .. 10;
   print "\n";

}</lang>

Phix

Not entirely sure what to print, so decided to print in three different ways.
It struck me straightaway that the VdC of say 123 is 321/1000, which seems trivial in any base or desired format.

enum BASE, FRAC, DECIMAL
constant DESC = {"Base","Fraction","Decimal"}
 
function vdc(integer n, atom base, integer flag)
object res = ""
atom num = 0, denom = 1, digit, g
    while n do
        denom *= base
        digit = remainder(n,base)
        n = floor(n/base)
        if flag=BASE then
            res &= digit+'0'
        else
            num = num*base+digit
        end if
    end while
    if flag=FRAC then
        g = gcd(num,denom)
        return {num/g,denom/g}
    elsif flag=DECIMAL then
        return num/denom
    end if
    return {iff(length(res)=0?"0":"0."&res)}
end function
 
procedure show_vdc(integer flag, string fmt)
object v
    for i=2 to 5 do
        printf(1,"%s %d: ",{DESC[flag],i})
        for j=0 to 9 do
            v = vdc(j,i,flag)
            if flag=FRAC and v[1]=0 then
                printf(1,"0 ")
            else
                printf(1,fmt,v)
            end if
        end for
        puts(1,"\n")
    end for
end procedure
 
show_vdc(BASE,"%s ")
show_vdc(FRAC,"%d/%d ")
show_vdc(DECIMAL,"%g ")
Output:
Base 2: 0 0.1 0.01 0.11 0.001 0.101 0.011 0.111 0.0001 0.1001
Base 3: 0 0.1 0.2 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.02 0.12 0.22 0.001
Base 4: 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.31 0.02 0.12
Base 5: 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.31 0.41
Fraction 2: 0 1/2 1/4 3/4 1/8 5/8 3/8 7/8 1/16 9/16
Fraction 3: 0 1/3 2/3 1/9 4/9 7/9 2/9 5/9 8/9 1/27
Fraction 4: 0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1/16 5/16 9/16 13/16 1/8 3/8
Fraction 5: 0 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 1/25 6/25 11/25 16/25 21/25
Decimal 2: 0 0.5 0.25 0.75 0.125 0.625 0.375 0.875 0.0625 0.5625
Decimal 3: 0 0.333333 0.666667 0.111111 0.444444 0.777778 0.222222 0.555556 0.888889 0.037037
Decimal 4: 0 0.25 0.5 0.75 0.0625 0.3125 0.5625 0.8125 0.125 0.375
Decimal 5: 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.04 0.24 0.44 0.64 0.84

PicoLisp

<lang PicoLisp>(scl 6)

(de vdc (N B)

  (default B 2)
  (let (R 0  A 1.0)
     (until (=0 N)
        (inc 'R (* (setq A (/ A B)) (% N B)))
        (setq N (/ N B)) )
     R ) )

(for B (2 3 4)

  (prinl "Base: " B)
  (for N (range 0 9)
     (prinl N ": " (round (vdc N B) 4)) ) )</lang>
Output:
Base: 2
0: 0.0000
1: 0.5000
2: 0.2500
3: 0.7500
4: 0.1250
5: 0.6250
6: 0.3750
7: 0.8750
8: 0.0625
9: 0.5625
Base: 3
0: 0.0000
1: 0.3333
2: 0.6667
3: 0.1111
4: 0.4444
5: 0.7778
6: 0.2222
7: 0.5556
8: 0.8889
9: 0.0370
Base: 4
0: 0.0000
1: 0.2500
2: 0.5000
3: 0.7500
4: 0.0625
5: 0.3125
6: 0.5625
7: 0.8125
8: 0.1250
9: 0.3750

PL/I

<lang> vdcb: procedure (an) returns (bit (31)); /* 6 July 2012 */

  declare an fixed binary (31);
  declare (n, i) fixed binary (31);
  declare v bit (31) varying;
  n = an; v = b;
  do i = 1 by 1 while (n > 0);
     if iand(n, 1) = 1 then v = v || '1'b; else v = v || '0'b;
     n = isrl(n, 1);
  end;
  return (v);

end vdcb;

  declare i fixed binary (31);
  do i = 0 to 10;
     put skip list ('0.' || vdcb(i));
  end;

</lang>

Output:
0.0000000000000000000000000000000 
0.1000000000000000000000000000000 
0.0100000000000000000000000000000 
0.1100000000000000000000000000000 
0.0010000000000000000000000000000 
0.1010000000000000000000000000000 
0.0110000000000000000000000000000 
0.1110000000000000000000000000000 
0.0001000000000000000000000000000 
0.1001000000000000000000000000000 
0.0101000000000000000000000000000 

Prolog

Example solution

<lang prolog>% vdc( N, Base, Out ) % Out = the Van der Corput representation of N in given Base vdc( 0, _, [] ). vdc( N, Base, Out ) :-

   Nr is mod(N, Base),
   Nq is N // Base,
   vdc( Nq, Base, Tmp ),
   Out = [Nr|Tmp].

% Writes every element of a list to stdout; no newlines write_list( [] ). write_list( [H|T] ) :-

   write( H ),
   write_list( T ).

% Writes the Nth Van der Corput item. print_vdc( N, Base ) :-

   vdc( N, Base, Lst ),
   write('0.'),
   write_list( Lst ).

print_vdc( N ) :-

   print_vdc( N, 2 ).

% Prints the first N+1 elements of the Van der Corput % sequence, each to its own line print_some( 0, _ ) :-

   write( '0.0' ).

print_some( N, Base ) :-

   M is N - 1,
   print_some( M, Base ),
   nl,
   print_vdc( N, Base ).

print_some( N ) :-

   print_some( N, 2 ).

test :-

  writeln('First 10 members in base 2:'),
  print_some( 9 ),
  nl,
  write('7th member in base 4 (stretch goal) => '),
  print_vdc( 7, 4 ).

</lang>

Output:

(result of test)

First 10 members in base 2:
0.0
0.1
0.01
0.11
0.001
0.101
0.011
0.111
0.0001
0.1001
7th member in base 4 (stretch goal) => 0.31
true .

Solution with generator

<lang prolog> % g(B,N,X):- consecutively generate in X the first N elements of the sequence based on {0, 1, ..., B}

g(_,N,[L|_]-_,X):- N > 1, atomic_list_concat(['0.'|L],X). g(B,N,[L|Ls]-Xs,X):- N > 2, M is N-1, findall([I|L], between(0,B,I), T), append(T,Ys,Xs), g(B,M,Ls-Ys,X). g(_,N,'0.0'):- N > 0. g(B,N,X):- N > 0, findall([I], between(1,B,I), T), T \= [], append(T,Ys,Xs), g(B,N,Xs-Ys,X). </lang>

Output:
?- g(2,10,X).   
X = '0.0' ;
X = '0.1' ;
X = '0.2' ;
X = '0.01' ;
...
X = '0.001' ;
false.

?- time(findall(X, g(1,1000000,X), T)).
% 23,000,011 inferences, 5.938 CPU in 6.083 seconds (98% CPU, 3873686 Lips)
T = ['0.0', '0.1', '0.01', '0.11', '0.001', '0.101', '0.011', '0.111', '0.0001'|...].

PureBasic

<lang PureBasic>Procedure.d nBase(n.i,b.i)

 Define r.d,s.i=1  
 While n
   s*b
   r+(Mod(n,b)/s)
   n=Int(n/b)
 Wend  
 ProcedureReturn r    

EndProcedure

Define.i b,c OpenConsole("van der Corput - Sequence") For b=2 To 5

 Print("Base "+Str(b)+": ")
 For c=0 To 9    
   Print(StrD(nBase(c,b),5)+~"\t")
 Next
 PrintN("")

Next Input()</lang>

Output:
Base 2: 0.00000 0.50000 0.25000 0.75000 0.12500 0.62500 0.37500 0.87500 0.06250 0.56250
Base 3: 0.00000 0.33333 0.66667 0.11111 0.44444 0.77778 0.22222 0.55556 0.88889 0.03704
Base 4: 0.00000 0.25000 0.50000 0.75000 0.06250 0.31250 0.56250 0.81250 0.12500 0.37500
Base 5: 0.00000 0.20000 0.40000 0.60000 0.80000 0.04000 0.24000 0.44000 0.64000 0.84000

Python

(Python3.x)

The multi-base sequence generator <lang python>def vdc(n, base=2):

   vdc, denom = 0,1
   while n:
       denom *= base
       n, remainder = divmod(n, base)
       vdc += remainder / denom
   return vdc</lang>

Sample output

Base 2 and then 3: <lang python>>>> [vdc(i) for i in range(10)] [0, 0.5, 0.25, 0.75, 0.125, 0.625, 0.375, 0.875, 0.0625, 0.5625] >>> [vdc(i, 3) for i in range(10)] [0, 0.3333333333333333, 0.6666666666666666, 0.1111111111111111, 0.4444444444444444, 0.7777777777777777, 0.2222222222222222, 0.5555555555555556, 0.8888888888888888, 0.037037037037037035] >>> </lang>

As fractions

We can get the output as rational numbers if we use the fraction module (and change its string representation to look like a fraction): <lang python>>>> from fractions import Fraction >>> Fraction.__repr__ = lambda x: '%i/%i' % (x.numerator, x.denominator) >>> [vdc(i, base=Fraction(2)) for i in range(10)] [0, 1/2, 1/4, 3/4, 1/8, 5/8, 3/8, 7/8, 1/16, 9/16]</lang>

Stretch goal

Sequences for different bases: <lang python>>>> for b in range(3,6): print('\nBase', b) print([vdc(i, base=Fraction(b)) for i in range(10)])

Base 3 [0, 1/3, 2/3, 1/9, 4/9, 7/9, 2/9, 5/9, 8/9, 1/27]

Base 4 [0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1/16, 5/16, 9/16, 13/16, 1/8, 3/8]

Base 5 [0, 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 1/25, 6/25, 11/25, 16/25, 21/25]</lang>

Quackery

<lang Quackery> [ $ "bigrat.qky" loadfile ] now!

 [ [] swap 
   [ dup while 
     base share /mod 
     rot join swap
     again ]
   drop ]                   is digits (   n --> [   )
 [ base put 
   digits reverse
   dup 0 swap
   witheach 
     [ base share rot * + ] 
   base take rot size ** 
   reduce ]                 is corput ( n n --> n/d )


 5 times
   [ say "base "
     i^ 2 + dup echo
     say ":  "
     10 times 
       [ i^ over corput
         vulgar$ echo$ sp sp ]
     cr drop ]</lang>
Output:
base 2:  0/1  1/2  1/4  3/4  1/8  5/8  3/8  7/8  1/16  9/16  
base 3:  0/1  1/3  2/3  1/9  4/9  7/9  2/9  5/9  8/9  1/27  
base 4:  0/1  1/4  1/2  3/4  1/16  5/16  9/16  13/16  1/8  3/8  
base 5:  0/1  1/5  2/5  3/5  4/5  1/25  6/25  11/25  16/25  21/25  
base 6:  0/1  1/6  1/3  1/2  2/3  5/6  1/36  7/36  13/36  19/36  

Racket

Following the suggestion. <lang racket>#lang racket (define (van-der-Corput n base)

 (if (zero? n)
     0
     (let-values ([(q r) (quotient/remainder n base)])
       (/ (+ r (van-der-Corput q base))
          base))))</lang>

By digits, extracted arithmetically. <lang racket>#lang racket (define (digit-length n base)

 (if (< n base) 1 (add1 (digit-length (quotient n base) base))))

(define (digit n i base)

 (remainder (quotient n (expt base i)) base))

(define (van-der-Corput n base)

 (for/sum ([i (digit-length n base)]) (/ (digit n i base) (expt base (+ i 1)))))</lang>

Output. <lang racket>(for ([base (in-range 2 (add1 5))])

 (printf "Base ~a: " base)
 (for ([n (in-range 0 10)])
   (printf "~a " (van-der-Corput n base)))
 (newline))
  1. | Base 2: 0 1/2 1/4 3/4 1/8 5/8 3/8 7/8 1/16 9/16
  Base 3: 0 1/3 2/3 1/9 4/9 7/9 2/9 5/9 8/9 1/27
  Base 4: 0 1/4 1/2 3/4 1/16 5/16 9/16 13/16 1/8 3/8
  Base 5: 0 1/5 2/5 3/5 4/5 1/25 6/25 11/25 16/25 21/25 |# </lang>

Raku

(formerly Perl 6)

Works with: Rakudo version 2020.08.1

First a cheap implementation in base 2, using string operations.

<lang perl6>constant VdC = map { :2("0." ~ .base(2).flip) }, ^Inf; .say for VdC[^16];</lang>

Here is a more elaborate version using the polymod built-in integer method: <lang perl6>sub VdC($base = 2) {

   map {
       [+] $_ && .polymod($base xx *) Z/ [\*] $base xx *
   }, ^Inf

}

.say for VdC[^10];</lang>

Output:
0
0.5
0.25
0.75
0.125
0.625
0.375
0.875
0.0625
0.5625

Here is a fairly standard imperative version in which we mutate three variables in parallel: <lang perl6>sub vdc($num, $base = 2) {

   my $n = $num;
   my $vdc = 0;
   my $denom = 1;
   while $n {
       $vdc += $n mod $base / ($denom *= $base);
       $n div= $base;
   }
   $vdc;

}

for 2..5 -> $b {

   say "Base $b";
   say ( vdc($_,$b).Rat.nude.join('/') for ^10 ).join(', ');
   say ;

}</lang>

Output:
Base 2
0, 1/2, 1/4, 3/4, 1/8, 5/8, 3/8, 7/8, 1/16, 9/16

Base 3
0, 1/3, 2/3, 1/9, 4/9, 7/9, 2/9, 5/9, 8/9, 1/27

Base 4
0, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, 1/16, 5/16, 9/16, 13/16, 1/8, 3/8

Base 5
0, 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 1/25, 6/25, 11/25, 16/25, 21/25

Here is a functional version that produces the same output: <lang perl6>sub vdc($value, $base = 2) {

   my @values = $value, { $_ div $base } ... 0;
   my @denoms = $base,  { $_  *  $base } ... *;
   [+] do for (flat @values Z @denoms) -> $v, $d {
       $v mod $base / $d;
   }

}</lang> We first define two sequences, one finite, one infinite. When we zip those sequences together, the finite sequence terminates the loop (which, since a Raku loop returns all its values, is merely another way of writing a map). We then sum with [+], a reduction of the + operator. (We could have in-lined the sequences or used a traditional map operator, but this way seems more readable than the typical FP solution.) The do is necessary to introduce a statement where a term is expected, since Raku distinguishes "sentences" from "noun phrases" as a natural language might.

REXX

binary version

This REXX version only handles binary (base 2).

Virtually any integer (including negative) is allowed and is accurate (no rounding).

A range of integers (for output) is also supported. <lang rexx>/*REXX program converts an integer (or a range) ──► a Van der Corput number in base 2.*/ numeric digits 1000 /*handle almost anything the user wants*/ parse arg a b . /*obtain the optional arguments from CL*/ if a== then parse value 0 10 with a b /*Not specified? Then use the defaults*/ if b== then b= a /*assume a range for a single number.*/

     do j=a  to b                               /*traipse through the range of numbers.*/
     _= VdC( abs(j) )                           /*convert absolute value of an integer.*/
     leading= substr('-',   2 + sign(j) )       /*if needed,  elide the leading sign.  */
     say leading  ||  _                         /*show number, with leading minus sign?*/
     end   /*j*/

exit /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */ /*──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ VdC: procedure; y= x2b( d2x( arg(1) ) ) + 0 /*convert to hexadecimal, then binary.*/

    if y==0  then return 0                      /*handle the special case of zero.     */
                  return '.'reverse(y)          /*heavy lifting is performed by REXX.  */</lang>
output   when using the default input of:     0   10
0
.1
.01
.11
.001
.101
.011
.111
.0001
.1001
.0101

any radix up to 90

This version handles what the first version does,   plus any radix up to (and including) base   90.
It can also support a list (enabled when the base is negative). <lang rexx>/*REXX pgm converts an integer (or a range) ──► a Van der Corput number, in base 2, or */ /*────────────────────────────── optionally, any other base up to and including base 90.*/ numeric digits 1000 /*handle almost anything the user wants*/ parse arg a b r . /*obtain optional arguments from the CL*/

if a==

{

   set n [expr {[set neg [expr {$n < 0}]] ? -$n : $n}]
   set result 0.0
   set bit [expr {1.0 / $base}]
   for {} {$n > 0} {set n [expr {$n / $base}]} {

set result [expr {$result + $bit * ($n % $base)}] set bit [expr {$bit / $base}]

   }
   return [expr {$neg ? -$result : $result}]

}</lang> Note that the above procedure will produce terms of the Van der Corput sequence by default. <lang tcl># Print the first 10 terms of the Van der Corput sequence for {set i 1} {$i <= 10} {incr i} {

   puts "vanDerCorput($i) = [digitReverse $i]"

}

  1. In other bases

foreach base {3 4 5} {

   set seq {}
   for {set i 1} {$i <= 10} {incr i} {

lappend seq [format %.5f [digitReverse $i $base]]

   }
   puts "${base}: [join $seq {, }]"

}</lang>

Output:
vanDerCorput(1) = 0.5
vanDerCorput(2) = 0.25
vanDerCorput(3) = 0.75
vanDerCorput(4) = 0.125
vanDerCorput(5) = 0.625
vanDerCorput(6) = 0.375
vanDerCorput(7) = 0.875
vanDerCorput(8) = 0.0625
vanDerCorput(9) = 0.5625
vanDerCorput(10) = 0.3125
3: 0.33333, 0.66667, 0.11111, 0.44444, 0.77778, 0.22222, 0.55556, 0.88889, 0.03704, 0.37037
4: 0.25000, 0.50000, 0.75000, 0.06250, 0.31250, 0.56250, 0.81250, 0.12500, 0.37500, 0.62500
5: 0.20000, 0.40000, 0.60000, 0.80000, 0.04000, 0.24000, 0.44000, 0.64000, 0.84000, 0.08000

VBA

Translation of: Phix

Base only.<lang vb>Private Function vdc(ByVal n As Integer, BASE As Variant) As Variant

   Dim res As String
   Dim digit As Integer, g As Integer, denom As Integer
   denom = 1
   Do While n
       denom = denom * BASE
       digit = n Mod BASE
       n = n \ BASE
       res = res & CStr(digit) '+ "0"
   Loop
   vdc = IIf(Len(res) = 0, "0", "0." & res)

End Function

Public Sub show_vdc()

   Dim v As Variant, j As Integer
   For i = 2 To 5
       Debug.Print "Base "; i; ": ";
       For j = 0 To 9
           v = vdc(j, i)
           Debug.Print v; " ";
       Next j
       Debug.Print
   Next i

End Sub</lang>

Output:
Base  2 : 0 0.1 0.01 0.11 0.001 0.101 0.011 0.111 0.0001 0.1001 
Base  3 : 0 0.1 0.2 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.02 0.12 0.22 0.001 
Base  4 : 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.31 0.02 0.12 
Base  5 : 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.01 0.11 0.21 0.31 0.41 

VBScript

<lang VBScript>'http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Van_der_Corput_sequence 'Van der Corput Sequence fucntion call = VanVanDerCorput(number,base)

Base2 = "0" : Base3 = "0" : Base4 = "0" : Base5 = "0" Base6 = "0" : Base7 = "0" : Base8 = "0" : Base9 = "0"

l = 1 h = 1 Do Until l = 9 'Set h to the value of l after each function call 'as it sets it to 0 - see lines 37 to 40. Base2 = Base2 & ", " & VanDerCorput(h,2) : h = l Base3 = Base3 & ", " & VanDerCorput(h,3) : h = l Base4 = Base4 & ", " & VanDerCorput(h,4) : h = l Base5 = Base5 & ", " & VanDerCorput(h,5) : h = l Base6 = Base6 & ", " & VanDerCorput(h,6) : h = l l = l + 1 Loop

WScript.Echo "Base 2: " & Base2 WScript.Echo "Base 3: " & Base3 WScript.Echo "Base 4: " & Base4 WScript.Echo "Base 5: " & Base5 WScript.Echo "Base 6: " & Base6

'Van der Corput Sequence Function VanDerCorput(n,b) k = RevString(Dec2BaseN(n,b)) For i = 1 To Len(k) VanDerCorput = VanDerCorput + (CLng(Mid(k,i,1)) * b^-i) Next End Function

'Decimal to Base N Conversion Function Dec2BaseN(q,c) Dec2BaseN = "" Do Until q = 0 Dec2BaseN = CStr(q Mod c) & Dec2BaseN q = Int(q / c) Loop End Function

'Reverse String Function RevString(s) For j = Len(s) To 1 Step -1 RevString = RevString & Mid(s,j,1) Next End Function</lang>

Output:
Base 2: 0, 0.5, 0.5, 0.25, 0.75, 0.125, 0.625, 0.375, 0.875
Base 3: 0, 0.333333333333333, 0.666666666666667, 0.111111111111111, 0.444444444444444, 0.777777777777778, 0.222222222222222, 0.555555555555556, 0.888888888888889
Base 4: 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.0625, 0.3125, 0.5625, 0.8125, 0.125
Base 5: 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 0.04, 0.24, 0.44, 0.64
Base 6: 0, 0.166666666666667, 0.333333333333333, 0.5, 0.666666666666667, 0.833333333333333, 2.77777777777778E-02, 0.194444444444444, 0.361111111111111

Visual Basic .NET

Translation of: C

<lang vbnet>Module Module1

   Function ToBase(n As Integer, b As Integer) As String
       Dim result = ""
       If b < 2 Or b > 16 Then
           Throw New ArgumentException("The base is out of range")
       End If
       Do
           Dim remainder = n Mod b
           result = "0123456789ABCDEF"(remainder) + result
           n = n \ b
       Loop While n > 0
       Return result
   End Function
   Sub Main()
       For b = 2 To 5
           Console.WriteLine("Base = {0}", b)
           For i = 0 To 12
               Dim s = "." + ToBase(i, b)
               Console.Write("{0,6} ", s)
           Next
           Console.WriteLine()
           Console.WriteLine()
       Next
   End Sub

End Module</lang>

Output:
Base = 2
    .0     .1    .10    .11   .100   .101   .110   .111  .1000  .1001  .1010  .1011  .1100

Base = 3
    .0     .1     .2    .10    .11    .12    .20    .21    .22   .100   .101   .102   .110

Base = 4
    .0     .1     .2     .3    .10    .11    .12    .13    .20    .21    .22    .23    .30

Base = 5
    .0     .1     .2     .3     .4    .10    .11    .12    .13    .14    .20    .21    .22

Wren

Translation of: Go

<lang ecmascript>var v2 = Fn.new { |n|

   var p = 0.5
   var r = 0
   while (n > 0) {
       if (n%2 == 1) r = r + p
       p = p / 2
       n = (n/2).floor
   }
   return r

}

var newV = Fn.new { |base|

   var invb = 1 / base
   return Fn.new { |n|
       var p = invb
       var r = 0
       while (n > 0) {
           r = r + p*(n%base)
           p = p * invb
           n = (n/base).floor
       }
       return r
   }

}

System.print("Base 2:") for (i in 0..9) System.print("%(i) -> %(v2.call(i))")

System.print("\nBase 3:") var v3 = newV.call(3) for (i in 0..9) System.print("%(i) -> %(v3.call(i))")</lang>

Output:
Base 2:
0 -> 0
1 -> 0.5
2 -> 0.25
3 -> 0.75
4 -> 0.125
5 -> 0.625
6 -> 0.375
7 -> 0.875
8 -> 0.0625
9 -> 0.5625

Base 3:
0 -> 0
1 -> 0.33333333333333
2 -> 0.66666666666667
3 -> 0.11111111111111
4 -> 0.44444444444444
5 -> 0.77777777777778
6 -> 0.22222222222222
7 -> 0.55555555555556
8 -> 0.88888888888889
9 -> 0.037037037037037

XPL0

<lang XPL0>include c:\cxpl\codes; \intrinsic 'code' declarations

func real VdC(N); \Return Nth term of van der Corput sequence in base 2 int N; real V, U; [V:= 0.0; U:= 0.5; repeat N:= N/2;

       if rem(0) then V:= V+U;
       U:= U/2.0;

until N=0; return V; ];

int N; for N:= 0 to 10-1 do

       [IntOut(0, N);  RlOut(0, VdC(N));  CrLf(0)]</lang>
Output:
0    0.00000
1    0.50000
2    0.25000
3    0.75000
4    0.12500
5    0.62500
6    0.37500
7    0.87500
8    0.06250
9    0.56250

zkl

Translation of: Python

<lang zkl>fcn vdc(n,base=2){

  vdc:=0.0; denom:=1;
  while(n){ reg remainder;
     denom *= base;
     n, remainder = n.divr(base);
     vdc += (remainder.toFloat() / denom);
  }
  vdc

}</lang>

Translation of: Ruby

<lang zkl>fcn vdc(n,base=2){

  str:=n.toString(base).reverse();
  str.toInt(base).toFloat()/(base.toFloat().pow(str.len()))

}</lang>

Output:
[0..10].apply(vdcR).println("base 2");
L(0,0.5,0.25,0.75,0.125,0.625,0.375,0.875,0.0625,0.5625,0.3125)base 2

[0..10].apply(vdc.fp1(3)).println("base 3");
L(0,0.333333,0.666667,0.111111,0.444444,0.777778,0.222222,0.555556,0.888889,0.037037,0.37037)base 3