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problems/004_problem.py

@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ def main():
 	test_passed = False
 	palindrome_list=[]
 	
-	while (n*m)>0:
 
-		# Test for "palindrom-iness" ...
+	while (n*m)>1:
+	
+		# Loop over all possible pairs of
+		# integers, testing for "palindrom-iness" ...
 		print("{} * {} = {}".format(n,m,n*m))
 		test_passed = is_palindrome(n*m)
 
@@ -71,32 +73,28 @@ def main():
 			palindrome_list.append(n*m)
 			if n_has_token:
 				n -= 1
-				if n ==1:
+				if n ==0:
 					n_has_token = False
-					n = max_factor
+					n = m-1
 			if not n_has_token:
 				m -= 1
-				n_has_token = True
+				if m ==1:
+					n_has_token = True
+					m = n-1
+
 		
 		if not test_passed:
 			if n_has_token:
 				n -= 1
-				if n ==1:
+				if n ==0:
 					n_has_token = False
-					n = max_factor
+					n = m-1
 			if not n_has_token:
 				m -= 1
-				n_has_token = True
+				if m ==1:
-
+					n_has_token = True
-
+					m = n-1
-			
-
-		
-	print("{}".format(max(palindrome_list)))
-#	print("{} * {} = {}".format(n,m,n*m))
-
-#	print("The largest palindrome number which is a product of two numbers of length {} is {} ... ".format(num_digits,num_digits))
-
 
+	print("The largest palindrome number which is a product of two numbers of length {} is {} ... ".format(factor_length,max(palindrome_list)))
 
 main()