Solution to problem 56

src/Python/Problem056.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Created on 07 Oct 2021
+
+@author: David Doblas Jiménez
+@email: daviddoji@pm.me
+
+Solution for problem 56 of Project Euler
+https://projecteuler.net/problem=56
+"""
+
+from utils import timeit
+
+
+@timeit("Problem 56")
+def compute():
+    """
+    A googol (10^100) is a massive number: one followed by one-hundred zeros; 
+    100100 is almost unimaginably large: one followed by two-hundred zeros.
+    Despite their size, the sum of the digits in each number is only 1.
+
+    Considering natural numbers of the form, a^b, where a, b < 100, what is the
+    maximum digital sum?
+    """
+
+    ans = 0
+    for a in range(100):
+        for b in range(100):
+            num = sum([int(digit) for digit in str(a**b)])
+            if num > ans:
+                ans = num
+
+    return ans
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    print(f"Result for Problem 56: {compute()}")