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1, 6, f, 1c, 2d, 42, 5b, 78, 99 What is the first term of this hex sequence that is at least 9 digits and composed only of letters (a-f)?
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#x = ['1', '6', 'f', '1c', '2d', '42', '5b', '78', '99'] | |
#x = [ int(i,16) for i in x ] | |
#for i in x: | |
# print hex(i) | |
#print x | |
#for i in range(1, len(x)): | |
# print x[i]-x[i-1] | |
def lessthanf(x): | |
for i in x: | |
if i.lower() > 'f': | |
return False | |
return True | |
offset = 33 | |
current = 153 | |
current_hex = "" | |
while True: | |
offset += 4 | |
current += offset | |
# print hex(current) | |
current_hex = hex(current)[2:] | |
if current_hex.isalpha() and len(current_hex) >= 9 and lessthanf(current_hex): | |
print current_hex | |
break | |
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