Added solution to problem 38

Problems/Problem38.ts

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+//ProjectEulerTS/Problems/Problem38.ts
+//Matthew Ellison
+// Created: 11-11-21
+//Modified: 11-11-21
+//What is the largest 1-9 pandigital number that can be formed as the concatenated product of an integer with 1, 2, ... n where n > 1
+//Unless otherwise listed all non-standard includes are my own creation and available from https://bibucket.org/Mattrixwv/typescriptClasses
+/*
+	Copyright (C) 2021  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/>.
+*/
+
+
+import { isPandigital } from "../../../Typescript/typescriptClasses/StringAlgorithms";
+import { Problem } from "./Problem";
+
+
+export class Problem38 extends Problem{
+	//Variables
+	//Static variables
+	private static HIGHEST_POSSIBLE_NUMBER: number = 9999;	//The highest number that needs to be checked for a 1-9 pandigital
+	//Instance variables
+	private largestNum: number;	//The number passed to the executeFormula function that returns the largest pandigital
+	private pandigital: number;	//The largest pandigital number found
+
+	//Functions
+	//Constructor
+	public constructor(){
+		super("What is the largest 1-9 pandigital number that can be formed as the concatenated product of an integer with 1, 2, ... n where n > 1");
+		this.largestNum = 0;
+		this.pandigital = 0;
+	}
+	//Operational functions
+	//Take the number and add its multiples to a string to return
+	private executeFormula(num: number): string{
+		//Turn the current number into a string
+		let numStr = num.toString();
+		let cnt = 2;
+		//Multiply the number and append the product to the string until you have one long enough
+		do{
+			numStr += (num * cnt).toString();
+			++cnt;
+		}while(numStr.length < 9);
+
+		return numStr;
+	}
+	//Solve the problems
+	public solve(): void{
+		//If the problem has already been solved do nothing and end the function
+		if(this.solved){
+			return;
+		}
+
+		//Start the timer
+		this.timer.start();
+
+
+		//Loop from 1 -> HIGHEST_POSSIBLE_NUM checking for pandigitals
+		for(let cnt = 1;cnt <= Problem38.HIGHEST_POSSIBLE_NUMBER;++cnt){
+			//Get the string from the formula
+			let numStr = this.executeFormula(cnt);
+			let panNum = parseInt(numStr);
+			//If the number is pandigital save it as the highest number
+			if(isPandigital(numStr) && (panNum > this.pandigital)){
+				this.largestNum = cnt;
+				this.pandigital = panNum;
+			}
+		}
+
+
+		//Stop the timer
+		this.timer.stop();
+
+		//Throw a flag to show the problem is solved
+		this.solved = true;
+	}
+	//Reset the problem so it can be run again
+	public reset(): void{
+		super.reset();
+		this.largestNum = 0;
+		this.pandigital = 0;
+	}
+
+	//Gets
+	//Returns a string with the solution tot he problem
+	public getResult(): string{
+		this.solvedCheck("results");
+		return `The largest appended product pandigital is ${this.pandigital}`;
+	}
+	//Returns the largest number
+	public getLargestNum(): number{
+		this.solvedCheck("largest number");
+		return this.largestNum;
+	}
+	//Returns the pandigital of the number
+	public getPandigital(): number{
+		this.solvedCheck("pandigital");
+		return this.pandigital;
+	}
+}
+
+/* Results:
+The largest appended product pandigital is 932718654
+It took an average of 3.051 milliseconds to run this problem through 100 iterations
+*/