confusion

0x02-minimum_operations/0-minoperations.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+"""
+Minimum Operations
+"""
+
+
+def minOperations(n):
+    """
+    In a text file, there is a single character H.
+    Your text editor can execute only two operations in this file:
+    Copy All and Paste.
+    Given a number n, write a method that calculates the fewest number of
+    operations needed to result in exactly n H characters in the file.
+    """
+    if n <= 1:
+        return 0
+
+    for i in range(2, n + 1):
+        if n % i == 0:
+            return minOperations(int(n / i)) + i
+    return n
+
+
+# print(f"Min number of operations to reach {4} char: {minOperations(4)}")
+# print(f"Min number of operations to reach {12} char: {minOperations(12)}")
+# print(f"Min number of operations to reach {9} char: {minOperations(9)}")