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project_euler/e_6.py
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#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
#---
Julien Lengrand-Lambert
Created on : Wed Jan 11 14:42:54 CET 2012
DESCRIPTION : Solves problem 6 of Project Euler
Find the difference between the sum of the squares of the first one hundred
natural numbers and the square of the sum.
#---
"""
def diff_sum_squares(value):
"""
Returns the difference between the sum of the squares of the first one
hundred natural numbers and the square of the sum.
"""
return squares_sum(value) - sum_squares(value)
def sum_squares(value):
"""
Returns the sum of the square of elements from 1 to value
"""
vals = range(1, value + 1)
return sum([pow(val, 2) for val in vals])
def squares_sum(value):
"""
Returns the square of the sum of elements from 1 to value
"""
return pow(sum(range(1, value + 1)), 2)
if __name__ == '__main__':
val = 100
print "Answer : %d " % (diff_sum_squares(val))