project_euler.problem_099.sol1

Problem:

Comparing two numbers written in index form like 2’11 and 3’7 is not difficult, as any calculator would confirm that 2^11 = 2048 < 3^7 = 2187.

However, confirming that 632382^518061 > 519432^525806 would be much more difficult, as both numbers contain over three million digits.

Using base_exp.txt, a 22K text file containing one thousand lines with a base/exponent pair on each line, determine which line number has the greatest numerical value.

NOTE: The first two lines in the file represent the numbers in the example given above.

Functions

solution(→ int)

Module Contents

project_euler.problem_099.sol1.solution(data_file: str = 'base_exp.txt') → int

>>> solution()
709