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#ProjectEuler/Python/Problem4.py
#Matthew Ellison
# Created: 01-28-19
#Modified: 07-17-20
#Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers
#Unless otherwise listed, all of my non-standard imports can be gotten from my pyClasses repository at https://bitbucket.org/Mattrixwv/pyClasses
"""
Copyright (C) 2020 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
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
"""
from Problems.Problem import Problem
from Stopwatch import Stopwatch
from Unsolved import Unsolved
class Problem4(Problem):
#Variables
__lowestNum = 100
__highestNum = 1000
#Functions
#Constructor
def __init__(self):
super().__init__("Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers")
self.palindromes = [] #Holds all of the palindromes
#Operational functions
#Solve the problem
def solve(self):
#If the problem has already been solved do nothing and end the function
if(self.solved):
return
#Start the timer
self.timer.start()
#Loop through every number from __lowestNum to __highestNum twice and multiply every number together
for firstNum in range(self.__lowestNum, self.__highestNum + 1):
for secondNum in range(firstNum, self.__highestNum + 1): #You can start at num1 because 100 * 101 == 101 * 100
#Get the product
currentNum = firstNum * secondNum
#If the number is a palindrome add it to the list of palindromes, otherwise ignore it
#Using strings makes it easier to determine a palindrome
if(str(currentNum) == str(currentNum)[::-1]):
self.palindromes.append(currentNum)
#If it's not a palindrom ignore it
#Sort the palindromes so that the last element is the largest
self.palindromes.sort()
#Stop the timer
self.timer.stop()
#Save the results
self.result = "The largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers is " + str(self.palindromes[len(self.palindromes) - 1])
#Throw a flag to show the problem is solved
self.solved = True
#Reset the problem so it can be run again
def reset(self):
super().reset()
self.palindromes.clear()
#Gets
#Returns the list of all palindromes
def getPalindromes(self) -> list:
#If the problem hasn't been solved throw an exceptions
if(not self.solved):
raise Unsolved("You must solve the problem before you can get the list of palindromes")
return self.palindromes
#Returns the largest palindrome
def getLargestPalindrome(self) -> int:
#If the problem hasn't been solved throw an exceptions
if(not self.solved):
raise Unsolved("You must solve the problem before you can get the largest palindrome")
return self.palindromes[len(self.palindromes) - 1]
#If you are running this file, automatically start the correct function
if __name__ == '__main__':
problem = Problem4()
print(problem.getDescription()) #Print the description of the problem
problem.solve() #Solve the problem
#Print the results
print(problem.getResult())
print("It took " + problem.getTime() + " to solve this algorithm")
"""Results:
The largest palindrome made from the product of two 3-digit numbers is 906609
It took 177.314 milliseconds to run this algorithm
"""