iterable long-object?

This is a problem from euler-project. No.13

import math
#no.13

sum = []
number = 0

a = 37107287533902102798797998220837590246510135740250463769376774900097126481248969700780504170182605387432498619952474105947423330951305812372661730962991942213363574161572522430563301811072406154908250230675882075393461711719803104210475137780632466768926167069662363382013637841838368417873436172675728112879812849979408065481931592621691275889832738442742289174325203219235894228767964876702721893184745144573600130643909116721685684458871160315327670386486105843025439939619828917593665686757934951621764571418565606295021572231965867550793241933316490635246274190492910143244581382266334794475817892575867718337217661963751590579239728245598838407582035653253593990084026335689488301894586282278288018119938482628201427819413994056758715117009439035398664372827112653829987240784473053190104293586865155060062958648615320752733719591914205172558297169388870771546649911559348760353292171497005693854370070576826684624621495650076471787294438377604532826541087568284431911906346940378552177792951453612327252500029607107508256381565671088525835072145876576172410976447339110607218265236877223636045174237069058518606604482076212098132878607339694128114266041808683061932846081119106155694051268969251934325451728388641918047049293215058642563049483624672216484350762017279180399446930047329563406911573244438690812579451408905770622942919710792820955037687525678773091862540744969844508330393682126183363848253301546861961243487676812975343759465158038628759287849020152168555482871720121925776695478182833757993103614740356856449095527097864797581167263201004368978425535399209318374414978068609844840309812907779179908821879532736447567559084803087086987551392711854517078544161852424320693150332599594068957565367821070749269665376763262354472106979395067965269474259770973916669376304263398708541052684708299085211399427365734116182760315001271653786073615010808570091499395125570281987460043753582903531743471732693212357815498262974255273730794953759765105305946966067683156574377167401875275889028025717332296191766687138199318110487701902712526768027607800301367868099252546340106163286652636270218540497705585629946580636237993140746255962240744869082311749777923654662572469233228109171419143028819710328859780666976089293863828502533340334413065578016127815921815005561868836468420090470230530811728164304876237919698424872550366387845831148769693215490281042402013833512446218144177347063783299490636259666498587618221225225512486764533677201869716985443124195724099139590089523100588229554825530026352078153229679624948164195386821877476085327132285723110424803456124867697064507995236377742425354112916842768655389262050249103265729672370191327572567528565324825826546309220705859652229798860272258331913126375147341994889534765745501184957014548792889848568277260777137214037988797153829820378303147352772158034814451349137322665138134829543829199918180278916522431027392251122869539409579530664052326325380441000596549391598795936352974615218550237130764225512118369380358038858490341698116222072977186158236678424689157993532961922624679571944012690438771072750481023908955235974572318970677254791506150550495392297953090112996751986188088225875314529584099251203829009407770775672113067397083047244838165338735023408456470580773088295917476714036319800818712901187549131054712658197623331044818386269515456334926366572897563400500428462801835170705278318394258821455212272512503275512160354698120058176216521282765275169129689778932238195734329339946437501907836945765883352399886755061649651847751807381688378610915273579297013376217784275219262340194239963916804498399317331273132924185707147349566916674687634660915035914677504995186714302352196288948901024233251169136196266227326746080059154747183079839286853520694694454072476841822524674417161514036427982273348055556214818971426179103425986472045168939894221798260880768528778364618279934631376775430780936333301898264209010848802521674670883215120185883543223812876952786713296124747824645386369930090493103636197638780396218407357239979422340623539380833965132740801111666627891981488087797941876876144230030984490851411606618262936828367647447792391803351109开发者_运维百科890697907148578694408955299065364044742557608365997664579509666024396409905389607120198219976047599490197230297649139826800329731560371200413779037855660850892521673093931987275027546890690370753941304265231501194809377245048795150954100921645863754710598436791786391670211874924319957006419179697775990283006991536871371193661495281130587638027841075444973307840789923115535562561142322423255033685442488917353448899115014406480203690680639606723221932041495354150312888033953605329934036800697771065056663195481234880673210146739058568557934581403627822703280826165707739483275922328459417065250945123252306082291880205877731971983945018088807242966198081119777158542502016545090413245809786882778948721859617721078384350691861554356628840622574736922845095162084960398013400172393067166682355524525280460972253503534226472524250874054075591789781264330331690

s = str(a)

for f in range(100):
    for i in range(50):
        sum.append(s[i+f*100])
    a = int(''.join(str(i) for i in a))
    number += a
print number

I get this error message.

...
    a = int(''.join(str(i) for i in a))
TypeError: 'long' object is not iterable

My long object contains 5000 numbers. How could I solve this problem? Thanks in advance.

EDIT: I thought it would be better to reshape the number. But it doesn't work yet.

import math
import numpy
#euler-project no.13

#next line: a not visible because it contains 5000 numbers!!!
a = 37107287533902102798797998220837590246510135740250463769376774900097126481248969700780504170182605387432498619952474105947423330951305812372661730962991942213363574161572522430563301811072406154908250230675882075393461711719803104210475137780632466768926167069662363382013637841838368417873436172675728112879812849979408065481931592621691275889832738442742289174325203219235894228767964876702721893184745144573600130643909116721685684458871160315327670386486105843025439939619828917593665686757934951621764571418565606295021572231965867550793241933316490635246274190492910143244581382266334794475817892575867718337217661963751590579239728245598838407582035653253593990084026335689488301894586282278288018119938482628201427819413994056758715117009439035398664372827112653829987240784473053190104293586865155060062958648615320752733719591914205172558297169388870771546649911559348760353292171497005693854370070576826684624621495650076471787294438377604532826541087568284431911906346940378552177792951453612327252500029607107508256381565671088525835072145876576172410976447339110607218265236877223636045174237069058518606604482076212098132878607339694128114266041808683061932846081119106155694051268969251934325451728388641918047049293215058642563049483624672216484350762017279180399446930047329563406911573244438690812579451408905770622942919710792820955037687525678773091862540744969844508330393682126183363848253301546861961243487676812975343759465158038628759287849020152168555482871720121925776695478182833757993103614740356856449095527097864797581167263201004368978425535399209318374414978068609844840309812907779179908821879532736447567559084803087086987551392711854517078544161852424320693150332599594068957565367821070749269665376763262354472106979395067965269474259770973916669376304263398708541052684708299085211399427365734116182760315001271653786073615010808570091499395125570281987460043753582903531743471732693212357815498262974255273730794953759765105305946966067683156574377167401875275889028025717332296191766687138199318110487701902712526768027607800301367868099252546340106163286652636270218540497705585629946580636237993140746255962240744869082311749777923654662572469233228109171419143028819710328859780666976089293863828502533340334413065578016127815921815005561868836468420090470230530811728164304876237919698424872550366387845831148769693215490281042402013833512446218144177347063783299490636259666498587618221225225512486764533677201869716985443124195724099139590089523100588229554825530026352078153229679624948164195386821877476085327132285723110424803456124867697064507995236377742425354112916842768655389262050249103265729672370191327572567528565324825826546309220705859652229798860272258331913126375147341994889534765745501184957014548792889848568277260777137214037988797153829820378303147352772158034814451349137322665138134829543829199918180278916522431027392251122869539409579530664052326325380441000596549391598795936352974615218550237130764225512118369380358038858490341698116222072977186158236678424689157993532961922624679571944012690438771072750481023908955235974572318970677254791506150550495392297953090112996751986188088225875314529584099251203829009407770775672113067397083047244838165338735023408456470580773088295917476714036319800818712901187549131054712658197623331044818386269515456334926366572897563400500428462801835170705278318394258821455212272512503275512160354698120058176216521282765275169129689778932238195734329339946437501907836945765883352399886755061649651847751807381688378610915273579297013376217784275219262340194239963916804498399317331273132924185707147349566916674687634660915035914677504995186714302352196288948901024233251169136196266227326746080059154747183079839286853520694694454072476841822524674417161514036427982273348055556214818971426179103425986472045168939894221798260880768528778364618279934631376775430780936333301898264209010848802521674670883215120185883543223812876952786713296124747824645386369930090493103636197638780396218407357239979422340623539380833965132740801111666627891981488087797941876876144230030984490851411606618262936828367647447792391803351109890697907148578694408955299065364044742557608365997664579509666024396409905389607120198219976047599490197230297649139826800329731560371200413779037855660850892521673093931987275027546890690370753941304265231501194809377245048795150954100921645863754710598436791786391670211874924319957006419179697775990283006991536871371193661495281130587638027841075444973307840789923115535562561142322423255033685442488917353448899115014406480203690680639606723221932041495354150312888033953605329934036800697771065056663195481234880673210146739058568557934581403627822703280826165707739483275922328459417065250945123252306082291880205877731971983945018088807242966198081119777158542502016545090413245809786882778948721859617721078384350691861554356628840622574736922845095162084960398013400172393067166682355524525280460972253503534226472524250874054075591789781264330331690

b = numpy.arange(a).reshape(100,50)
print b

2.EDIT:

import math
#no.13

a = """3710728753390210279879799822083759024651013574025046376""".split() #contains much more numbers

b = [int(x) for x in a]     #b --> list
print b[1]

I got an error again.

IndexError: list index out of range

But i dont know why. I think b is a normal list isn't it?

EDIT No. 3:

import math
#no.13
#Work out the first ten digits of the sum
#of the following one-hundred 50-digit numbers.
#a is the number

b = []
#next line: a = list("3710728753390210279879..................")
a = list("37107287533902102798797998220837590246510135740250463769376774900097126481248969700780504170182605387432498619952474105947423330951305812372661730962991942213363574161572522430563301811072406154908250230675882075393461711719803104210475137780632466768926167069662363382013637841838368417873436172675728112879812849979408065481931592621691275889832738442742289174325203219235894228767964876702721893184745144573600130643909116721685684458871160315327670386486105843025439939619828917593665686757934951621764571418565606295021572231965867550793241933316490635246274190492910143244581382266334794475817892575867718337217661963751590579239728245598838407582035653253593990084026335689488301894586282278288018119938482628201427819413994056758715117009439035398664372827112653829987240784473053190104293586865155060062958648615320752733719591914205172558297169388870771546649911559348760353292171497005693854370070576826684624621495650076471787294438377604532826541087568284431911906346940378552177792951453612327252500029607107508256381565671088525835072145876576172410976447339110607218265236877223636045174237069058518606604482076212098132878607339694128114266041808683061932846081119106155694051268969251934325451728388641918047049293215058642563049483624672216484350762017279180399446930047329563406911573244438690812579451408905770622942919710792820955037687525678773091862540744969844508330393682126183363848253301546861961243487676812975343759465158038628759287849020152168555482871720121925776695478182833757993103614740356856449095527097864797581167263201004368978425535399209318374414978068609844840309812907779179908821879532736447567559084803087086987551392711854517078544161852424320693150332599594068957565367821070749269665376763262354472106979395067965269474259770973916669376304263398708541052684708299085211399427365734116182760315001271653786073615010808570091499395125570281987460043753582903531743471732693212357815498262974255273730794953759765105305946966067683156574377167401875275889028025717332296191766687138199318110487701902712526768027607800301367868099252546340106163286652636270218540497705585629946580636237993140746255962240744869082311749777923654662572469233228109171419143028819710328859780666976089293863828502533340334413065578016127815921815005561868836468420090470230530811728164304876237919698424872550366387845831148769693215490281042402013833512446218144177347063783299490636259666498587618221225225512486764533677201869716985443124195724099139590089523100588229554825530026352078153229679624948164195386821877476085327132285723110424803456124867697064507995236377742425354112916842768655389262050249103265729672370191327572567528565324825826546309220705859652229798860272258331913126375147341994889534765745501184957014548792889848568277260777137214037988797153829820378303147352772158034814451349137322665138134829543829199918180278916522431027392251122869539409579530664052326325380441000596549391598795936352974615218550237130764225512118369380358038858490341698116222072977186158236678424689157993532961922624679571944012690438771072750481023908955235974572318970677254791506150550495392297953090112996751986188088225875314529584099251203829009407770775672113067397083047244838165338735023408456470580773088295917476714036319800818712901187549131054712658197623331044818386269515456334926366572897563400500428462801835170705278318394258821455212272512503275512160354698120058176216521282765275169129689778932238195734329339946437501907836945765883352399886755061649651847751807381688378610915273579297013376217784275219262340194239963916804498399317331273132924185707147349566916674687634660915035914677504995186714302352196288948901024233251169136196266227326746080059154747183079839286853520694694454072476841822524674417161514036427982273348055556214818971426179103425986472045168939894221798260880768528778364618279934631376775430780936333301898264209010848802521674670883215120185883543223812876952786713296124747824645386369930090493103636197638780396218407357239979422340623539380833965132740801111666627891981488087797941876876144230030984490851411606618262936828367647447792391803351109890697907148578694408955299065364044742557608365997664579509666024396409905389607120198219976047599490197230297649139826800329731560371200413779037855660850892521673093931987275027546890690370753941304265231501194809377245048795150954100921645863754710598436791786391670211874924319957006419179697775990283006991536871371193661495281130587638027841075444973307840789923115535562561142322423255033685442488917353448899115014406480203690680639606723221932041495354150312888033953605329934036800697771065056663195481234880673210146739058568557934581403627822703280826165707739483275922328459417065250945123252306082291880205877731971983945018088807242966198081119777158542502016545090413245809786882778948721859617721078384350691861554356628840622574736922845095162084960398013400172393067166682355524525280460972253503534226472524250874054075591789781264330331690")
sum = 0
#len(a) = 5000

for y in range(99):  #100 is correct but why
    for x in range(49): #50 numbers --> range(49)
        b.append(a[x+y*50])
    c = int(''.join(str(i) for i in b))
    sum += c
    b = []
    c = 0
    print y
print sum

I have a last question? Why is 100 correct and not 99? And do you think my Editing-style is bad? Should I remove the rest? Thanks.

I am not sure what the overall goal of your program is but the error you are getting is because in the line:

a = int(''.join(str(i) for i in a)) 

You are trying to iterate over a long and in Python as the error message indicates a long is not an iterable you cannot process it one digit at a time directly. You can convert the long to a string and process that one character at a time. In your program you have already converted the number a to the sting s with the line: s = str(a) so you can fix your problem by changing the problematic line above with the code below:

a = int(''.join(str(i) for i in s))

I assume you are trying to solve Project Euler #13.

Your variable a should be a list of integers, not one big long integer:

a = [
    37107287533902102798797998220837590246510135740250,
    46376937677490009712648124896970078050417018260538,
    74324986199524741059474233309513058123726617309629,
    ...
]

or to avoid typing the commas:

a = """37107287533902102798797998220837590246510135740250
46376937677490009712648124896970078050417018260538
74324986199524741059474233309513058123726617309629
...
""".split()
a = [int(x) for x in a]

You might also find the sum builtin useful.

Your second code snippet is really close. A smaller version of what you're doing is:

a = """12345""".split()
b = [int(x) for x in a]

b now equals ['12345'], a list with a single string in it. That's why b[1] raises an error, because it's asking for the second element in a one-element list. Split defaults to using whitespace as the delimiter, so with no whitespace the string is unchanged. Here's the correct code, though I've no comments on its speed for your purposes:

a = """12345"""
b = [int(x) for x in a]

or, to jump right into using a loop construct:

a = """12345"""
for each in a:
    num = int(each)
    ... sum the new number ...

Hope that helps!

As the OP knows, but maybe others don't, the problem statement is: "work out the first ten digits of the sum of the following one-hundred 50-digit numbers," followed naturally by 100 50-digit integers.

The problem is designed to make it difficult to simply add the numbers together.

Now, there is some ambiguity about the word "first", but if I recall I believe they are talking about the highest-value digits of the sum.

@kame, a hint: how would you do this by hand? emulate that in Python.

edit:

if you save the numbers as text in 'data.txt', this will give them to you in the form needed to continue:

FH = open('data.txt')
data = FH.read()
FH.close()
L = data.strip().split('\n')
L = [list(e.strip()) for e in L]
L2 = list()
for e in L:
    L2.append([int(c) for c in e])    
for e in L2:  print e