I have just started the Euler project, and felt like I didn't get the fourth problem right...I used string conversion to test if my numbers were symmetrical, instead of relying on (the much faster) method of mathematically producing palindromes.
I have searched more than a dozen times on variations of this subject, and have found every last approach to this problem (computationally) involves translating the number from base 2 to base 10, so that it can be manipulated in a more human-friendly way.
Is there a pattern, or function that exists to generate palindromic numbers?