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								title: 'Problem 4: Largest palindrome product'
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								challengeType: 5
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								forumTopicId: 302065
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								dashedName: problem-4-largest-palindrome-product
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								# --description--
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								A palindromic number reads the same both ways. The largest palindrome made from the product of two 2-digit numbers is 9009 = 91 × 99.
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								Find the largest palindrome made from the product of two `n`-digit numbers.
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								# --hints--
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								`largestPalindromeProduct(2)` should return a number.
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								```js
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								assert(typeof largestPalindromeProduct(2) === 'number');
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								`largestPalindromeProduct(2)` should return 9009.
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								```js
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								assert.strictEqual(largestPalindromeProduct(2), 9009);
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								`largestPalindromeProduct(3)` should return 906609.
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								```js
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								assert.strictEqual(largestPalindromeProduct(3), 906609);
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								# --seed--
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								## --seed-contents--
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								```js
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								function largestPalindromeProduct(n) {
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								  return true;
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								largestPalindromeProduct(3);
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								# --solutions--
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								```js
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								const largestPalindromeProduct = (digit)=>{
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								  let start = 1;
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								  let end = Number(`1e${digit}`) - 1;
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								 let palindrome = [];
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								  for(let i=start;i<=end;i++){
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								    for(let j=start;j<=end;j++){
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								      let product = i*j;
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								      let palindromeRegex = /\b(\d)(\d?)(\d?).?\3\2\1\b/gi;
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								      palindromeRegex.test(product) && palindrome.push(product);
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