#!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- ######################################################################## # Solves problem 55 from projectEuler.net. # Finds the amount of Lychrel numbers below 10000 # 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 ######################################################################## from CommonFunctions import is_palindrome def is_lychrel(n): count = 1 n = n + int(''.join(reversed(str(n)))) while count < 50: if is_palindrome(n): return False n = n + int(''.join(reversed(str(n)))) count += 1 return True if __name__ == '__main__': result = sum(1 for i in range(10, 10001) if is_lychrel(i)) print("The result is:", result)