#!/usr/bin/env python3 ######################################################################## # Solves problem 5 from projectEuler.net. # Finds the least common multiple of the first 20 integers. # Copyright (C) 2010 Santiago Alessandri # # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program. If not, see . # # You can contact me at san.lt.ss@gmail.com # Visit my wiki at http://san-ss.wikidot.com ######################################################################## if __name__ == '__main__': n = 20 lt = list(range(1, n+1)) for i in range(1, n): x = lt[i] index = i + 1 while index < n: if (lt[index] % x) == 0: lt[index] //= x index += 1 result = 1 for elem in lt: result *= elem print("The result is:", result)