The Armstrong Ascent

Narcissistic Numbers

An Armstrong Number (or narcissistic number) is a number that is the sum of its own digits each raised to the power of the number of digits. Example: $153$ ($3$ digits) $ o 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3 = 1 + 125 + 27 = 153$.

The Assignment

Your function receives a parameter named target.

1. Determine the number of digits in target (call this n).
2. Use a loop to extract each digit of the number.
3. Raise each digit to the power of n and add it to a total.
4. Print "true" if total equals target, otherwise print "false".