Add a solution for ademclk#37

challenges/C++/pythagorean_triplet/solution.cpp

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+#include "solution.hpp"
+
+std::array<int, 3> pythaTriplet() {
+    auto sq = [](int x) -> int {
+        return x * x;
+    };
+
+    std::array<int, 3> triplet = {0, 0, 0};
+    bool found = false;
+    // since a + b + c = 1000
+    // the max we can go is a = 332, b = 333, c = 334
+    for (int a = 1; a <= 332 && !found; a++) {
+        for (int b = a + 1; b <= 333 + (332 - a) && !found; b++) {
+            int c = 1000 - (a + b);
+
+            if (sq(a) + sq(b) == sq(c)) {
+                triplet = {a, b, c};
+                found = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return triplet;
+}
+
+/*
+int main() {
+    std::cout << "The values are: ";
+    for (auto const &val : pythaTriplet()) {
+        std::cout << val << " ";
+    }
+
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+    // prints 200 375 425
+
+    return 0;
+}
+*/

challenges/C++/pythagorean_triplet/solution.hpp

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+#ifndef PYTHA_TRIP_H
+#define PYTHA_TRIP_H
+
+#include <array>
+//#include <iostream>
+
+std::array<int, 3> pythaTriplet();
+
+#endif