""" Project Euler Problem 8: https://projecteuler.net/problem=8 Largest product in a series The four adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number that have the greatest product are 9 x 9 x 8 x 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? """ import sys N = ( "73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934" "96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843" "85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511" "12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557" "66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113" "62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749" "30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866" "70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776" "65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243" "52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397" "53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482" "83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474" "82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881" "16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586" "17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042" "24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408" "07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188" "84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606" "05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725" "71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450" ) def solution(n: str = N) -> int: """ Find the thirteen adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number n that have the greatest product and returns it. >>> solution("13978431290823798458352374") 609638400 >>> solution("13978431295823798458352374") 2612736000 >>> solution("1397843129582379841238352374") 209018880 """ largest_product = -sys.maxsize - 1 for i in range(len(n) - 12): product = 1 for j in range(13): product *= int(n[i + j]) if product > largest_product: largest_product = product return largest_product if __name__ == "__main__": print(f"{solution() = }")