Benjamin Middaugh wrote:
Actually I was working on a program to test the so-called 196-algorithm
as an extracurricular activity. MRAB was most helpful with pointing out
what I should have already thought of. My previous attempts were
hampered by my limited knowledge of python, and I had already mentally
committed to my complex and inefficient method of solving the problem
(big mistake, I know). My final solution, with suitable adjustments for
proper ways of doing things :-), was just 20 lines of code.
By the way, I don't get much time for python since I'm a freshman
computer engineering student taking 17 credits. My Intro to Programming
class uses C++ (yuck) instead of python, so I have to devote most of my
programming time to that. However, I figured python would be a better
choice for trying this algorithm out.
Thanks for all the help. As a beginning programmer, I'm really
appreciating it.
BTW, if you're working in a lower-level language like C or C++ and
already have the number as a string then testing for a palindrome is
quicker if you work from both ends of the string, comparing the digits,
until they meet or cross in the middle.
In a higher-level language like Python, reversing and comparing is
faster.
Different languages have different strengths and weaknesses and may
require different approaches.
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