Can you crack the code used to transform the following numbers and come up with the final number?

2461289=18
11029447=1
6332516=333561
412961044=4141
2234=23
357924242=222
139=9
4344199=?

(hint by levik: the encoding is such that it will only work on some numbers, not all integers)

(In reply to This is as far as I got. by Drew R.)

Well, you pretty much solved the problem entirely.

The remaining numbers indicate the position of the next
number found in the transformation.

4344199 = 4444

Posted by Cheradenine on 2002-12-26 04:11:17