Euler #55

def palindromic(m):
    n = str(m)
    temp = ""
    index = -1
    while True:
        try:
            temp += n[index]
            index -= 1
        except IndexError:
            break
    if n == temp:
        return True
    return False


def flip(m):
    n = str(m)
    temp = ""
    index = -1
    while True:
        try:
            temp += n[index]
            index -= 1
        except IndexError:
            break
    return int(temp)

answer, iters = 0, 0
for x in range(10001):
    print(x)
    while True:
        x = x + flip(x)
        if palindromic(x):
            break
        iters += 1
        if iters == 50:
            answer += 1
            break
    iters = 0
print(answer)