Python/project_euler/problem_004/sol1.py
Michael D 98e9d6bdb6
Fix style of the first ten solutions for Project Euler (#3242)
* Fix style of the first ten solutions for Project Euler

- Unify the header docstring, and add reference URLs to wikipedia
  or similar
- Fix docstrings to be properly multilined
- Add newlines where appropriate
- Add doctests where they were missing
- Remove doctests that test for the correct solution
- fix obvious spelling or grammar mistakes in comments and
  exception messages
- Fix line endings to be UNIX. This makes two of the files seem
  to have changed completely
- no functional changes in any of the solutions were done
  (except for the spelling fixes mentioned above)

* Fix docstrings and main function as per Style Guide
2020-10-25 08:53:16 +05:30

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"""
Project Euler Problem 4: https://projecteuler.net/problem=4
Largest palindrome product
A palindromic number reads the same both ways. The largest palindrome made
from the product of two 2-digit numbers is 9009 = 91 × 99.
Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers.
References:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palindromic_number
"""
def solution(n: int = 998001) -> int:
"""
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
>>> solution(10000)
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
ValueError: That number is larger than our acceptable range.
"""
# fetches the next number
for number in range(n - 1, 9999, -1):
str_number = str(number)
# checks whether 'str_number' is a palindrome.
if str_number == str_number[::-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)) == 3.0):
return number
divisor -= 1
raise ValueError("That number is larger than our acceptable range.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
print(f"{solution() = }")