[Tutor] where I am going wrong?
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Wed Dec 14 16:03:02 CET 2011
surya k wrote:
> This is a project Euler puzzle. http://projecteuler.net/problem=30
> I applied brute force way and here is my codek=0for p in range(1,10):
> for q in range(0,10): for r in range(0,10):
> for s in range(0,10):
> for t in range(0,10):
> n = (p*10000)+ (q*1000) + (r*100) + (s*10) + (t*1)
> if n == p**5 + q**5 + r**5 + s**5 + t**5:
> k+=nprint kMy answer:
Suraya, you did it again. Your python code is formatted into a complete
mess. If you don't follow Wayne's advice and post readable plaintext you'll
consume a lot of goodwill quickly.
> 240559But its showing the answer as wrong!!. I used the same method on the
> example puzzle and it worked.
Hint: you assume that all partial results have 5 digits, but they may have
fewer or more.
For example you are missing
>>> 4**5+1**5+5**5+0**5
4150
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