""" 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. """ def solution(n): """Returns the largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers which is less than n. >>> solution(20000) 19591 >>> solution(30000) 29992 >>> solution(40000) 39893 """ # fetches the next number for number in range(n - 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(int(number / divisor))) == 3): return number divisor -= 1 if __name__ == "__main__": print(solution(int(input().strip())))