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#!/usr/bin/python3
from timeit import default_timer
def is_palindrome(num, base):
reverse = 0
tmp = num
while tmp > 0:
reverse = reverse * base
reverse = reverse + tmp % base
tmp = int(tmp / base)
if num == reverse:
return 1
return 0
def main():
start = default_timer()
max_ = 0
for i in range(999, 99, -1):
for j in range(i, 99, -1):
num = i * j
if num > max_ and is_palindrome(num, 10):
max_ = num
end = default_timer()
print('Project Euler, Problem 4')
print('Answer: {}'.format(max_))
print('Elapsed time: {:.9f} seconds'.format(end - start))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()