55.py

def check_palindrome(input, case=True, strip=True):
    bar = ascii(input)
    if strip:
        bar = bar.replace(' ', '')
    if case:
        bar = bar.upper()
    length = len(bar)
    if length % 2 == 0:
        if (bar[:(length // 2)]) == (bar[length:(length // 2 - 1):-1]):
            return True
    else:
        if (bar[:(length // 2)]) == (bar[length:(length // 2):-1]):
            return True
    return False


def IsLychrel(x, r=0):
    if r >= 50:
        return True
    print('Recursed', r, 'times')
    print('Starting with', x)
    print('Adding', str(x)[::-1])
    x += int(str(x)[::-1])
    print('To get', x)

    if not check_palindrome(str(x)):
        print('Is not a palindrome')
        return IsLychrel(x, r + 1)
    else:
        print('Is Palindromic')
        return False


num = 0
for i in range(1, 10001):
    if IsLychrel(i):
        num += 1

print(num)