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Spoiler Alert: Project Euler 4
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| var getPalindrome = function(num) { | |
| var str = num.toString().split(''), | |
| len = str.length, | |
| half = len / 2; | |
| for(var i = 0; i < half; i++) { | |
| str[len - 1 - i] = str[i]; | |
| } | |
| return parseInt(str.join(''), 10); | |
| } | |
| var findLargestPalindrome = function(numDigs) { | |
| var dig1 = Math.pow(10, numDigs) - 1, | |
| minDig = Math.floor(dig1/10), | |
| largestProduct = Math.pow(dig1, 2), // Find largest product of 2 3-digits number | |
| largestPalindrome = getPalindrome(largestProduct), | |
| len = largestPalindrome.toString().length / 2; | |
| while(largestPalindrome > 0) { | |
| // console.log(largestPalindrome); | |
| for(var i = dig1; i > minDig; i--) { | |
| var division, | |
| validPalindrome = !(largestPalindrome % i) | |
| && (division = largestPalindrome / i) > minDig | |
| && division <= dig1; | |
| // console.log(i, division, validPalindrome); | |
| if(validPalindrome) { | |
| console.log(i, division, largestPalindrome); | |
| return largestPalindrome; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // this was not a valid palindrome (not divisible by 2 n-digits digits) | |
| // find the next one | |
| len = largestPalindrome.toString().length / 2; | |
| largestPalindrome -= Math.pow(10, len); | |
| // and find the new palindrome | |
| largestPalindrome = getPalindrome(largestPalindrome); | |
| } | |
| return false; | |
| } | |
| console.log(findLargestPalindrome(3)); |
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