Challenge 20 - Finding the nth Triangular Number

In this challenge, you are going to implement the TriangularNumbers function which takes in n and returns the nth triangular number.

n = 1
result = 1

n = 3
result = 6

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package main

import "fmt"

func TriangularNumber(n int) int {
  return (n * (n+1))/2
}

func main() {
  fmt.Println("Returning the 'nth' triangular number")

  number := TriangularNumber(3)
  fmt.Println(number) // '6'

}

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