#!/usr/bin/env python3 # We shall say that an n-digit number is pandigital if it makes use of all the digits 1 to n exactly once. For example, 2143 is a 4-digit pandigital # and is also prime. # # What is the largest n-digit pandigital prime that exists? from projecteuler import is_pandigital, is_prime, timing @timing def p041() -> None: # 8- and 9-digit pandigital numbers can't be prime, because # 1+2+...+8=36, which is divisible by 3, and 36+9=45 which is # also divisible by 3, and therefore the whole number is divisible # by 3. So we can start from the largest 7-digit pandigital number, # until we find a prime. i = 7654321 while i > 0: if is_pandigital(i, len(str(i))) and is_prime(i): break # Skipping the even numbers. i = i - 2 print('Project Euler, Problem 41') print(f'Answer: {i}') if __name__ == '__main__': p041()