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Python Project: IF N an Armstrong

December 9, 2018 1 comment



Python: Armstrong Numbers

Check if a Number is Armstrong

In late nineties, I was programming using Pascal Language and I was very passionate to convert some mathematical syntax into codes to fine the result, although some of them were very easy; but the goal was to write the codes.

Today, we are attempted to write a code in Python to check whether a number is an Armstrong or Not. First let’s ask:

what is Armstrong number?
Answer: If we assume we have a number (num = 371), 371 is an Armstrong because the sum of each digits to the power of (number of the digits) will be the same. That’s mean 371 is a three digits so the power (p=3) so:

3**3 = 27
7**3 = 343
1**3 = 1

then (27+343+1) = 371. … So 371 is an Armstrong Number.


In wikipedia:

Armstrong also known as a pluperfect digital invariant (PPDI) or the Narcissistic number is a number that: the sum of its own digits each raised to the power of the number of digits equal to the number its self.


# Function to check whether a number is Armstrong or Not.

def is_it_armstrong(num):

p= len(str(num)) # First: we get the power of the number

my_sum=0

tot=num

for x in range (p) :

my_sum=my_sum+((num%10)**p)

num=num//10

if my_sum == tot:

print(‘\nThe number {} is Armstrong.’.format(tot))

else :

print(‘\nThe number {} is NOT Armstrong.’.format(tot))




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