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#ProjectEuler/Python/Problem29.py
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#Matthew Ellison
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# Created: 10-10-19
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#Modified: 10-10-19
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#How many distinct terms are in the sequence generated by a^b for 2 <= a <= 100 and 2 <= b <= 100?
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#Unless otherwise listed, all of my non-standard imports can be gotten from my pyClasses repository at https://bitbucket.org/Mattrixwv/pyClasses
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"""
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Copyright (C) 2019 Matthew Ellison
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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"""
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from Stopwatch import Stopwatch
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#Setup the variables
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__BOTTOM_A = 2 #The lowest possible value for A
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__TOP_A = 100 #The highest possible value for A
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__BOTTOM_B = 2 #The lowest possible value for B
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__TOP_B = 100 #The highest possible value for B
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def Problem29():
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unique = [] #This will hold all of the unique answers
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#Start with the first A and move towards the top
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for currentA in range(__BOTTOM_A, __TOP_A + 1):
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#Start with the first B and move towards the top
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for currentB in range(__BOTTOM_B, __TOP_B + 1):
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#Get the new number
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currentNum = currentA ** currentB
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#If the new number isn't in the list add it
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if currentNum not in unique:
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unique.append(currentNum)
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#Print the results
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print("The number of unique values generated by a^b for " + str(__BOTTOM_A) + " <= a < = " + str(__TOP_A) + " and " + str(__BOTTOM_B) + " <= b <= " + str(__TOP_B) + " is " + str(len(unique)))
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#This calls the appropriate functions if the script is called stand alone
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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timer = Stopwatch()
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timer.start()
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Problem29()
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timer.stop()
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print("It took " + timer.getString() + " to run this algorithm")
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""" Results:
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The number of unique values generated by a^b for 2 <= a < = 100 and 2 <= b <= 100 is 9183
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It took 304.630 milliseconds to run this algorithm
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"""
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