#49 Playing with digits


Some numbers have funny properties. For example:


89 --> 8¹ + 9² = 89 * 1


695 --> 6² + 9³ + 5⁴= 1390 = 695 * 2


46288 --> 4³ + 6⁴+ 2⁵ + 8⁶ + 8⁷ = 2360688 = 46288 * 51


Given a positive integer n written as abcd... (a, b, c, d... being digits) and a positive integer p we want to find a positive integer k, if it exists, such as the sum of the digits of n taken to the successive powers of p is equal to k * n. In other words:


Is there an integer k such as : (a ^ p + b ^ (p+1) + c ^(p+2) + d ^ (p+3) + ...) = n * k


If it is the case we will return k, if not return -1.


Note: n, p will always be given as strictly positive integers.


digPow(89, 1) should return 1 since 8¹ + 9² = 89 = 89 * 1

digPow(92, 1) should return -1 since there is no k such as 9¹ + 2² equals 92 * k

digPow(695, 2) should return 2 since 6² + 9³ + 5⁴= 1390 = 695 * 2

digPow(46288, 3) should return 51 since 4³ + 6⁴+ 2⁵ + 8⁶ + 8⁷ = 2360688 = 46288 * 51



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