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Little embellishment of the code. I put some comments and put readable identifiers. I documented the code.
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842 B
Python
28 lines
842 B
Python
'''
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Problem:
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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.
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Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers which is less than N.
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'''
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limit = int(input("limit? "))
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# fetchs the next number
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for number in range(limit-1,10000,-1):
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# converts number into string.
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strNumber = str(number)
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# checks whether 'strNumber' is a palindrome.
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if(strNumber == strNumber[::-1]):
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divisor = 999
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# if 'number' is a product of two 3-digit numbers
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# then number is the answer otherwise fetch next number.
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while(divisor != 99):
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if((number % divisor == 0) and (len(str(number / divisor)) == 3)):
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print number
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exit(0)
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divisor -=1 |