Python/project_euler/problem_04/sol1.py

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'''
Problem:
A palindromic number reads the same both ways. The largest palindrome made from the product of two 2-digit numbers is 9009 = 91 x 99.
Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers which is less than N.
'''
from __future__ import print_function
limit = int(raw_input("limit? "))
# fetchs the next number
for number in range(limit-1,10000,-1):
# converts number into string.
strNumber = str(number)
# checks whether 'strNumber' is a palindrome.
if(strNumber == strNumber[::-1]):
divisor = 999
# if 'number' is a product of two 3-digit numbers
# then number is the answer otherwise fetch next number.
while(divisor != 99):
if((number % divisor == 0) and (len(str(number / divisor)) == 3)):
print(number)
exit(0)
divisor -=1