Project Euler: Problem 8

https://projecteuler.net/problem=8

The four adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number that have the greatest product are 9 × 9 × 8 × 9 = 5832.

(see the number below)

Find the thirteen adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number that have the greatest product. What is the value of this product?

Use NumPy for this computation


In [3]:
import numpy as np

In [4]:
d1000 = """
73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934
96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843
85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511
12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557
66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113
62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749
30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866
70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776
65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243
52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397
53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482
83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474
82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881
16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586
17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042
24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408
07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188
84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606
05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725
71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450
"""

In [5]:
def find_adjprod(num = d1000, length = 13):
    # assuming num is being input as a string, like above
    maxn = 0
    newnum = num.replace("\n", "")
    for i in range(len(newnum) - length + 1):
        tmp = ' '.join(newnum[i:(i+length)])
        vec = np.array([int(c) for c in tmp.split(' ')])
        product = vec.prod()
        if product > maxn:
            digits = vec
            maxn = product
    return digits, maxn
 
find_adjprod()

#raise NotImplementedError()


Out[5]:
(array([5, 5, 7, 6, 6, 8, 9, 6, 6, 4, 8, 9, 5]), 23514624000)

In [6]:
assert True # leave this for grading