"""
What is the greatest product of four adjacent numbers (horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally) in this 20x20 array?

08 02 22 97 38 15 00 40 00 75 04 05 07 78 52 12 50 77 91 08
49 49 99 40 17 81 18 57 60 87 17 40 98 43 69 48 04 56 62 00
81 49 31 73 55 79 14 29 93 71 40 67 53 88 30 03 49 13 36 65
52 70 95 23 04 60 11 42 69 24 68 56 01 32 56 71 37 02 36 91
22 31 16 71 51 67 63 89 41 92 36 54 22 40 40 28 66 33 13 80
24 47 32 60 99 03 45 02 44 75 33 53 78 36 84 20 35 17 12 50
32 98 81 28 64 23 67 10 26 38 40 67 59 54 70 66 18 38 64 70
67 26 20 68 02 62 12 20 95 63 94 39 63 08 40 91 66 49 94 21
24 55 58 05 66 73 99 26 97 17 78 78 96 83 14 88 34 89 63 72
21 36 23 09 75 00 76 44 20 45 35 14 00 61 33 97 34 31 33 95
78 17 53 28 22 75 31 67 15 94 03 80 04 62 16 14 09 53 56 92
16 39 05 42 96 35 31 47 55 58 88 24 00 17 54 24 36 29 85 57
86 56 00 48 35 71 89 07 05 44 44 37 44 60 21 58 51 54 17 58
19 80 81 68 05 94 47 69 28 73 92 13 86 52 17 77 04 89 55 40
04 52 08 83 97 35 99 16 07 97 57 32 16 26 26 79 33 27 98 66
88 36 68 87 57 62 20 72 03 46 33 67 46 55 12 32 63 93 53 69
04 42 16 73 38 25 39 11 24 94 72 18 08 46 29 32 40 62 76 36
20 69 36 41 72 30 23 88 34 62 99 69 82 67 59 85 74 04 36 16
20 73 35 29 78 31 90 01 74 31 49 71 48 86 81 16 23 57 05 54
01 70 54 71 83 51 54 69 16 92 33 48 61 43 52 01 89 19 67 48
"""

import os


def largest_product(grid):
    n_columns = len(grid[0])
    n_rows = len(grid)

    largest = 0
    lr_diag_product = 0
    rl_diag_product = 0

    # Check vertically, horizontally, diagonally at the same time (only works
    # for nxn grid)
    for i in range(n_columns):
        for j in range(n_rows - 3):
            vert_product = grid[j][i] * grid[j + 1][i] * grid[j + 2][i] * grid[j + 3][i]
            horz_product = grid[i][j] * grid[i][j + 1] * grid[i][j + 2] * grid[i][j + 3]

            # Left-to-right diagonal (\) product
            if i < n_columns - 3:
                lr_diag_product = (
                    grid[i][j]
                    * grid[i + 1][j + 1]
                    * grid[i + 2][j + 2]
                    * grid[i + 3][j + 3]
                )

            # Right-to-left diagonal(/) product
            if i > 2:
                rl_diag_product = (
                    grid[i][j]
                    * grid[i - 1][j + 1]
                    * grid[i - 2][j + 2]
                    * grid[i - 3][j + 3]
                )

            max_product = max(
                vert_product, horz_product, lr_diag_product, rl_diag_product
            )
            largest = max(largest, max_product)

    return largest


def solution():
    """Returns the greatest product of four adjacent numbers (horizontally,
    vertically, or diagonally).

    >>> solution()
    70600674
    """
    grid = []
    with open(os.path.dirname(__file__) + "/grid.txt") as file:
        for line in file:
            grid.append(line.strip("\n").split(" "))

    grid = [[int(i) for i in grid[j]] for j in range(len(grid))]

    return largest_product(grid)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(solution())