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ProjectEulerPython/Problem6.py

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#ProjectEuler/Python/Problem6.py
#Matthew Ellison
# Created: 01-28-19
#Modified: 03-28-19
#Find the difference between the sum of the squares of the first one hundred natural numbers and the square of the sum
#Unless otherwise listed, all of my non-standard imports can be gotten from my pyClasses repository at https://bitbucket.org/Mattrixwv/pyClasses
"""
Copyright (C) 2019 Matthew Ellison
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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"""
from Stopwatch import Stopwatch #To time the algorithm
def Problem6():
#Setup the variables
sumOfSquares = 0 #Holds the sum of the square of the numbers
squareOfSum = 0 #Holds the square of the sum of the numbers
#Run through all numbers from 1-100 and add them to the approriate sums
for num in range(1, 101):
sumOfSquares += num * num #Get the sum of the squares of the first 100 natural numbers
squareOfSum += num #Get the sum of the first 100 natural numbers so you can square it later
#Square the normal sum
squareOfSum *= squareOfSum
#Print the result
print("The difference between the sum of the squares and the square of the sum of the numbers 1-100 is " + str(abs(sumOfSquares - squareOfSum)))
#If you are running this file, automatically start the correct function
if __name__ == '__main__':
timer = Stopwatch() #Determines the algorithm's run time
timer.start() #Start the timer
Problem6() #Call the function that answers the question
timer.stop() #Stop the timer
#Print the results of the timer
print("It took " + timer.getString() + " to run this algorithm")
"""Results:
The difference between the sum of the squares and the square of the sum of the numbers 1-100 is 25164150
It took 24.384 microseconds to run this algorithm
"""