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// Program to find palindromic numbers by the "reverse and add" method.
//
// This starts with a given number (e.g. "25"),
// and adds the reverse of the digits (e.g. "52")
// until a palindrome is found. In this case, it only takes one step.
//
// Some numbers take a long time to find a palindrome. I remember starting
// with "89" and running the numbers by hand (they quickly became too big
// to add in a standard 8-digit calculator, or even on a TRS-80)
// in 5th grade. I gave up eventually. I think Tay Naish persevered and
// got the right answer, which has 13 digits and takes 25 iterations.
//
// The number 196 is the smallest number that doesn't seem to lead to a
// palindrome. It's been tested quite exhaustively by dedicated applications.
// See:
// http://home.cfl.rr.com/p196/
num = eval[input["Enter a number: "]]
while (! isPalindrome[num])
{
num = num + reverseDigits[num]
println[num]
}
// Reverse the digits in a number and return them as a string.
reverseDigits[num] := parseInt[reverse[toString[num]]]
// Returns true if the given number is a palindrome, false otherwise.
isPalindrome[num] :=
{
str = "$num" // Coerce to string
return reverse[str] == str
}
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