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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Find the unique positive integer whose square has the form 1_2_3_4_5_6_7_8_9_0,
# where each “_” is a single digit.
from projecteuler import timing
@timing
def p206():
# Since the square of n has 19 digits, n must be at least 10^9.
n = 1000000000
found = 0
while not found:
# If the square on n ends with 10, n must be divisible by 10.
n = n + 10
p = n * n
# A square divisible by 10 is also divisible by 100.
if p % 100 != 0:
continue
# Check if the digits of the square correspond to the given pattern.
i = 9
p = p // 100
while p > 0:
if p % 10 != i:
break
p = p // 100
i = i - 1
if p == 0:
found = 1
print('Project Euler, Problem 206')
print(f'Answer: {n}')
if __name__ == '__main__':
p206()