""" By starting at the top of the triangle below and moving to adjacent numbers on the row below, the maximum total from top to bottom is 23. 3 7 4 2 4 6 8 5 9 3 That is, 3 + 7 + 4 + 9 = 23. Find the maximum total from top to bottom of the triangle below: 75 95 64 17 47 82 18 35 87 10 20 04 82 47 65 19 01 23 75 03 34 88 02 77 73 07 63 67 99 65 04 28 06 16 70 92 41 41 26 56 83 40 80 70 33 41 48 72 33 47 32 37 16 94 29 53 71 44 65 25 43 91 52 97 51 14 70 11 33 28 77 73 17 78 39 68 17 57 91 71 52 38 17 14 91 43 58 50 27 29 48 63 66 04 68 89 53 67 30 73 16 69 87 40 31 04 62 98 27 23 09 70 98 73 93 38 53 60 04 23 """ import os def solution(): """ Finds the maximum total in a triangle as described by the problem statement above. >>> solution() 1074 """ script_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) triangle = os.path.join(script_dir, "triangle.txt") with open(triangle, "r") as f: triangle = f.readlines() a = [[int(y) for y in x.rstrip("\r\n").split(" ")] for x in triangle] for i in range(1, len(a)): for j in range(len(a[i])): if j != len(a[i - 1]): number1 = a[i - 1][j] else: number1 = 0 if j > 0: number2 = a[i - 1][j - 1] else: number2 = 0 a[i][j] += max(number1, number2) return max(a[-1]) if __name__ == "__main__": print(solution())