Non Meaty Part of Project Euler Problem 12

euler12nonmeatypart.py

# First Step
# First number 'check' to have 500 divisors
check = 2**4 * 3**4 * 5**4 * 7 * 11

# Second Step
# Starting from 'check', iterate sequentially checking for the next 'triangle' number
while not isTriangleNumber(check):
    check += 1

# Third and Fourth Steps
# Calculate the last term of the series ('seriesLastTerm') that adds up to the newly calculated triangle number 'check'
seriesLastTerm = lastTerm(check)

# Iterate over triangle numbers checking for divisors > 500
while divisors(check) <= 500:
    # add the next term to check to get the next triangle number
    check += (seriesLastTerm + 1)
    seriesLastTerm += 1
print check