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All Combos (Posted on 2024-05-08) Difficulty: 3 of 5
N is a positive integer such that N! expressed in decimal contains:
(A) all of the digits 0 to 9
(B) all of the 2-digit combinations 00, 01, ..., 99
(C) all of the 3-digit combinations 000, 001, ..., 999

Find the smallest value of N in conformity with the given conditions.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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Solution computer solution Comment 2 of 2 |
clc
f=sym(factorial(10));
hadA=false; hadB=false; hadC=false;
for n=11:3000
  f=f*n;
  fs=char(f);
  good=true;
  for s='0':'9'
    if isempty(strfind(fs,s))
      good=false;
      break
    end
  end
  if good
    if ~hadA
      hadA=true;
      disp('A')
      disp(n)
      show(fs)
    end
    for s2=0:99
      ss=sprintf('%02d',s2);
      if isempty(strfind(fs,ss))
        good=false;
        break
      end
    end
    if good
      if ~hadB
        hadB=true;
        disp('B')
        disp(n)
        show(fs)
      end
      for s3=0:999
        ss=sprintf('%03d',s3);
        if isempty(strfind(fs,ss))
          good=false;
          break
        end
      end
      if good
        if ~hadC
          hadC=true;
          disp('C')
          disp(n)
          show(fs)
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

function show(st)
  s=st;
  while length(s)>0
    if length(s)> 100
      fprintf('%s\n',s(1:100));
      s=s(101:end);
    else
      fprintf('%s\n',s);
      s='';
    end
  end
end

finds

For each part, A, B, C,  the next line shows n, and the following lines show n! grouped in 100's of digits.

A
    23
25852016738884976640000
B
   220
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7884822642989867003294551385992993862178352349027264696691854493614080000000000000000000000000000000
0000000000000000000000
C
        2091
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  Posted by Charlie on 2024-05-08 09:17:31
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