Data commit

Task/Babbage-problem/C-sharp/babbage-problem.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+namespace Babbage_Problem
+{
+    class iterateNumbers
+    {
+        public iterateNumbers()
+        {
+            long baseNumberSquared = 0; //the base number multiplied by itself
+            long baseNumber = 0;  //the number to be squared, this one will be iterated
+
+            do  //this sets up the loop
+            {
+                baseNumber += 1; //add one to the base number
+                baseNumberSquared = baseNumber * baseNumber; //multiply the base number by itself and store the value as baseNumberSquared
+            }
+            while (Right6Digits(baseNumberSquared) != 269696); //this will continue the loop until the right 6 digits of the base number squared are 269,696
+
+            Console.WriteLine("The smallest integer whose square ends in 269,696 is " + baseNumber);
+            Console.WriteLine("The square is " + baseNumberSquared);
+
+        }
+
+        private long Right6Digits(long baseNumberSquared)
+        {
+
+            string numberAsString = baseNumberSquared.ToString(); //this is converts the number to a different type so it can be cut up
+
+            if (numberAsString.Length < 6) { return baseNumberSquared; }; //if the number doesn't have 6 digits in it, just return it to try again.
+
+            numberAsString = numberAsString.Substring(numberAsString.Length - 6);  //this extracts the last 6 digits from the number
+
+            return long.Parse(numberAsString); //return the last 6 digits of the number
+
+        }
+    }
+}}