Problem 48

/**
 *
 * @author Mat
 */
package problem.pkg48;

import java.math.BigInteger;

public class Problem48 {


    public static void main(String[] args) {
        BigInteger total = new BigInteger("1"); // first result 1^1 = 1

        // loop through starting at 2^2 + then 3^3 +... 1000^1000 into total
        for(BigInteger i = BigInteger.valueOf(2);
                i.compareTo(BigInteger.valueOf(1000)) <= 0 ; i = i.add(BigInteger.ONE)){
            total = total.add((i.pow(Integer.parseInt(i.toString()))));
        }

        String s1 = total.toString();

        System.out.println("The answer to the question is: " +
                s1.substring(s1.length()-10));
    }
}
/* Output
 * The answer to the question is: 9110846700
 */