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A solution to the 33rd Project Euler problem
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#Define a function to return true if we have a digit cancelling fraction | |
"""The function will take 2 inputs: [a,b],[c,d]. | |
It will return true if ab/cd is a digit cancelling fraction.""" | |
#Define a function to return a common element of x,y | |
def commonElt(x,y): | |
for z in x: | |
if z in y: | |
return z | |
else: | |
return False | |
def dcfTest(x,y): | |
if commonElt(x,y)==False: | |
return False | |
else: | |
c=commonElt(x,y) | |
w=int(str(x[0])+str(x[1])) | |
z=int(str(y[0])+str(y[1])) | |
# w/z is our fraction. | |
x.remove(c) | |
y.remove(c) | |
if w*y[0]==z*x[0]: | |
return True | |
else: | |
return False | |
for a in range(1,10): | |
for b in range(1,10): | |
for c in range(1,10): | |
for d in range(1,10): | |
if [a,b]!=[c,d] and dcfTest([a,b],[c,d]) and int(str(a)+str(b))<int(str(c)+str(d)): | |
print str(a)+str(b)+"/"+str(c)+str(d)+" is a dcf" | |
"""This prints: | |
16/64 is a dcf | |
19/95 is a dcf | |
26/65 is a dcf | |
49/98 is a dcf """ | |
"""answer: (1/4)*(1/5)*(2/5)*(1/2)=(1/100)""" |
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