#!/usr/bin/env python3 # The four adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number that have the greatest product are 9 × 9 × 8 × 9 = 5832. # # 73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934 # 96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843 # 85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511 # 12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557 # 66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113 # 62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749 # 30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866 # 70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776 # 65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243 # 52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397 # 53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482 # 83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474 # 82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881 # 16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586 # 17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042 # 24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408 # 07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188 # 84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606 # 05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725 # 71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450 # # Find the thirteen adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number that have the greatest product. What is the value of this product? from projecteuler import timing @timing def p008() -> None: _number = '73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934' +\ '96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843' +\ '85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511' +\ '12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557' +\ '66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113' +\ '62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749' +\ '30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866' +\ '70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776' +\ '65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243' +\ '52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397' +\ '53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482' +\ '83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474' +\ '16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586' +\ '17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042' +\ '24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408' +\ '07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188' +\ '84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606' +\ '05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725' +\ '71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450' # Transform the string into a list of integers number = list(map(int, _number)) _max = 0 # Calculate all the 13-digit products, and save the maximum for i in range(1000-13): curr = number[i:i+13] prod = 1 for j in curr: prod = prod * j _max = max(_max, prod) print('Project Euler, Problem 8') print(f'Answer: {_max}') if __name__ == '__main__': p008()