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Project Euler challenge number 4 - my solution in javascript
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| // Project Euler: Problem 4: Largest palindrome product | |
| //A palindromic number reads the same both ways. | |
| // The largest palindrome made from the product of two 2-digit numbers is 9009 = 91 × 99. | |
| // Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two n-digit numbers. | |
| function largestPalindromeProduct(n) { | |
| let largest = 0 | |
| let inputString = "9".repeat(n) | |
| let inputNumber = +inputString | |
| for (let i = inputNumber; i >= 1; i--){ | |
| outerloop: | |
| for (let j = inputNumber; j >= 1; j--){ | |
| let product = i * j | |
| // if my product is bigger than my largest number then it is a candidate to check for palidromes | |
| // else I continue looping | |
| if (largest < product){ | |
| if (product.toString() === product.toString().split("").reverse().join("")){ | |
| console.log("bingo", product, " = ", i," ", j) | |
| largest = i * j | |
| } | |
| // if the product is getting smaller than it is time to continue with the outerloop | |
| } else { | |
| break outerloop | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return largest; | |
| } | |
| console.log(largestPalindromeProduct(3)) | |
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