---
id: 5900f3d01000cf542c50fee2
challengeType: 5
title: 'Problem 99: Largest exponential'
---

## Description
<section id='description'>
Comparing two numbers written in index form like 211 and 37 is not difficult, as any calculator would confirm that 211 = 2048 < 37 = 2187.
However, confirming that 632382518061 > 519432525806 would be much more difficult, as both numbers contain over three million digits.
Using base_exp.txt (right click and 'Save Link/Target As...'), a 22K text file containing one thousand lines with a base/exponent pair on each line, determine which line number has the greatest numerical value.
NOTE: The first two lines in the file represent the numbers in the example given above.
</section>

## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>

</section>

## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
tests:
  - text: <code>euler99()</code> should return 709.
    testString: assert.strictEqual(euler99(), 709, '<code>euler99()</code> should return 709.');

```

</section>

## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>

<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function euler99() {
  // Good luck!
  return true;
}

euler99();
```

</div>



</section>

## Solution
<section id='solution'>

```js
// solution required
```
</section>