# number. NUMBER = """ 73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934 96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843 85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511 12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557 66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113 62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749 30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866 70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776 65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243 52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397 53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482 83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474 82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881 16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586 17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042 24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408 07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188 84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606 05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725 71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450 """.replace( "\n", "" ).strip() numbers = map(lambda x: tuple([int(c) for c in x]), slide(NUMBER, 5)) products = map(lambda x: reduce(mul, x), numbers) print max(products)
# down, left, right, or diagonally) in the 20x20 grid? F = 'problem11.dat' # data file C = 4 # number of consecutive integers def horisontal(): f = lambda l: [ int(x) for x in l ] return [ f(l.strip().split()) for l in open(F).readlines() if l.strip() ] def vertical(): hlines = horisontal() return [ [ line[i] for line in hlines ] for i in xrange(len(hlines)) ] def diagonal(direction): hlines = horisontal() offset = len(hlines) dlines = [ [] for i in xrange(offset * 2 + 1) ] for i in xrange(len(hlines)): for j in xrange(len(hlines[i])): dlines[direction(i,j,offset)].append(hlines[i][j]) return filter(lambda x: len(x) >= C, dlines) # functions for traversing diagonally up = lambda i, j, o: i + j down = lambda i, j, o: i - j + o lines = horisontal() + vertical() + diagonal(up) + diagonal(down) numbers = [ n for x in lines for n in slide(x, C) ] products = [ reduce(mul, nums) for nums in numbers ] print max(products)