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Project Euler, Problem #4, C

Dec 2nd, 2021 (edited)
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  1. #include <stdio.h>
  2.  
  3. /* The task. A palindromic number reads the same both ways. The
  4.  * largest palindrome made from the product of two 2-digit numbers is
  5.  * 9009 = 91 × 99. Find the largest palindrome made from the product
  6.  * of two 3-digit numbers. */
  7.  
  8. int reverse(int number);
  9.  
  10. int main()
  11. {
  12.      int i, j, product;
  13.      int accumulator = 0;
  14.  
  15.      for(i = 999; i > 99; i--)
  16.           for(j = 999; j > 99; j--)
  17.           {
  18.                product = i * j;
  19.                if(product == reverse(product))
  20.                     if(accumulator < product)
  21.                          accumulator = product;
  22.           }
  23.  
  24.      printf("The number is %d.\n", accumulator);
  25.      return(0);
  26. }
  27.  
  28. int reverse(int number)
  29. {
  30.      int divisor = 1, multiplier = 1, output = 0;
  31.      
  32.      while(number >= divisor * 10)
  33.           divisor *= 10;
  34.          
  35.      while(number > 0 && divisor > 0)
  36.      {
  37.           if(number >= divisor)
  38.           {
  39.                output += number / divisor * multiplier;
  40.                number = number % divisor;
  41.           }
  42.           multiplier *= 10;
  43.           divisor /= 10;
  44.      }
  45.  
  46.      return(output);
  47. }
  48.  
  49. /* The number is 906609. */
  50.  
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