""" Problem Statement: Find the unique positive integer whose square has the form 1_2_3_4_5_6_7_8_9_0, where each “_” is a single digit. """ from itertools import product def solution() -> int: """ Returns the positive integer whose square has the form 1_2_3_4_5_6_7_8_9_0 using itertool product to generate all possible digit combinations 0...9 for the nine "_" to fill. >>> solution() 1389019170 """ for p in product("0123456789"[::-1], repeat=9): squared = int("1{}2{}3{}4{}5{}6{}7{}8{}9{}0".format(*p)) root_integer = int(squared ** 0.5) if root_integer ** 2 == squared: return root_integer if __name__ == "__main__": print(solution())