Project Euler #26: Reciprocal cycles

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    Explanation for this simple problem:

    recurring_digits function: This function calculates the span of recurring digits in the decimal expansion of 1/n. It first removes factors of 2 and 5, then iteratively multiplies the remainder by 10 and takes the remainder after division by n until a recurring cycle is detected.

    answers list: list is used to store the maximum recurring digit numbers for each index. It is initialized with four zeros, and the code iterates through numbers from 3 to 10^4 to populate this list.

    Loop for finding maximum recurring digit numbers: The loop iterates through numbers from 3 to 10^4, calculates the recurring digits for each number using the recurring_digits function, and updates the maximum recurring digit number and count accordingly.

    User input processing: The code then takes user input for the number of test cases and the specific values for which it needs to find the maximum recurring digit numbers. It prints the results accordingly.