""" Project Euler Problem 092: https://projecteuler.net/problem=92 Square digit chains A number chain is created by continuously adding the square of the digits in a number to form a new number until it has been seen before. For example, 44 → 32 → 13 → 10 → 1 → 1 85 → 89 → 145 → 42 → 20 → 4 → 16 → 37 → 58 → 89 Therefore any chain that arrives at 1 or 89 will become stuck in an endless loop. What is most amazing is that EVERY starting number will eventually arrive at 1 or 89. How many starting numbers below ten million will arrive at 89? """ DIGITS_SQUARED = [sum(int(c, 10) ** 2 for c in i.__str__()) for i in range(100000)] def next_number(number: int) -> int: """ Returns the next number of the chain by adding the square of each digit to form a new number. For example, if number = 12, next_number() will return 1^2 + 2^2 = 5. Therefore, 5 is the next number of the chain. >>> next_number(44) 32 >>> next_number(10) 1 >>> next_number(32) 13 """ sum_of_digits_squared = 0 while number: # Increased Speed Slightly by checking every 5 digits together. sum_of_digits_squared += DIGITS_SQUARED[number % 100000] number //= 100000 return sum_of_digits_squared # There are 2 Chains made, # One ends with 89 with the chain member 58 being the one which when declared first, # there will be the least number of iterations for all the members to be checked. # The other one ends with 1 and has only one element 1. # So 58 and 1 are chosen to be declared at the starting. # Changed dictionary to an array to quicken the solution CHAINS: list[bool | None] = [None] * 10000000 CHAINS[0] = True CHAINS[57] = False def chain(number: int) -> bool: """ The function generates the chain of numbers until the next number is 1 or 89. For example, if starting number is 44, then the function generates the following chain of numbers: 44 → 32 → 13 → 10 → 1 → 1. Once the next number generated is 1 or 89, the function returns whether or not the next number generated by next_number() is 1. >>> chain(10) True >>> chain(58) False >>> chain(1) True """ if CHAINS[number - 1] is not None: return CHAINS[number - 1] # type: ignore number_chain = chain(next_number(number)) CHAINS[number - 1] = number_chain while number < 10000000: CHAINS[number - 1] = number_chain number *= 10 return number_chain def solution(number: int = 10000000) -> int: """ The function returns the number of integers that end up being 89 in each chain. The function accepts a range number and the function checks all the values under value number. >>> solution(100) 80 >>> solution(10000000) 8581146 """ for i in range(1, number): if CHAINS[i] is None: chain(i + 1) return CHAINS[:number].count(False) if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod() print(f"{solution() = }")