November 2020
"""
Largest product in a series
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?
https://projecteuler.net/problem=8
"""
import numpy as np
str = '''
73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934
96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843
85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511
12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557
66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113
62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749
30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866
70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776
65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243
52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397
53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482
83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474
82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881
16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586
17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042
24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408
07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188
84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606
05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725
71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450
'''
nlist = list(''.join(str.strip().split('\n')))
nlist = list(map(int, nlist))
# test
# adj_digits = 4
# max_product = 0
# for i in range(len(nlist)):
# if (i + adj_digits > len(nlist)):
# break
# product = np.prod(nlist[i:i+adj_digits])
# if product > max_product:
# max_product = product
# assert(max_product == 5832)
# solution
adj_digits = 13
max_product = 0
for i in range(len(nlist)):
if (i + adj_digits > len(nlist)):
break
product = np.prod(nlist[i:i+adj_digits])
if product > max_product:
max_product = product
print(max_product)
# 23514624000