Problem:
Score : 100 points

Problem Statement

Takahashi is going to set a 3-character password.

How many possible passwords are there if each of its characters must be a digit between 1 and N (inclusive)?

Constraints

1 \leq N \leq 9

N is an integer.

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N

Output

Print the number of possible passwords.

Sample Input 1

2

Sample Output 1

8

There are eight possible passwords: 111, 112, 121, 122, 211, 212, 221, and 222.

Sample Input 2

1

Sample Output 2

1

There is only one possible password if you can only use one kind of character.

Solution in Ruby (2.7.1) (judge verdict: Accepted)

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'set'

class Hash
  def push(key, value)
    self[key] = [] if self[key] == nil
    self[key].push(value)
  end
end

class Array
  def lower_bound(value)
    left = -1;
    right = self.length;
    while left + 1 < right
      mid = left + (right - left) / 2;
      if self[mid] >= value
        right = mid
      else
        left = mid
      end
    end
    right
  end

  def unique
    res = [self.first]
    each_cons(2) do |a, b|
      if a != b
        res.push(b)
      end
    end
    res
  end
end

def get_ints
  gets.chomp.split.map(&:to_i)
end

def get_ints_minus_one
  get_ints.map { |x| x - 1 }
end

def get_int
  gets.chomp.to_i
end

N = get_int

puts N ** 3