Python/project_euler/problem_11/sol1.py
Kasper Primdal Lauritzen b6b025f25a
Fix docstring for Euler problem 11, solution 1 (#3228)
Docstring must have been leftover from some FizzBuzz method.
Now it describes the actual code.
2020-10-12 19:44:45 +05:30

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"""
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):
nColumns = len(grid[0])
nRows = len(grid)
largest = 0
lrDiagProduct = 0
rlDiagProduct = 0
# Check vertically, horizontally, diagonally at the same time (only works
# for nxn grid)
for i in range(nColumns):
for j in range(nRows - 3):
vertProduct = grid[j][i] * grid[j + 1][i] * grid[j + 2][i] * grid[j + 3][i]
horzProduct = grid[i][j] * grid[i][j + 1] * grid[i][j + 2] * grid[i][j + 3]
# Left-to-right diagonal (\) product
if i < nColumns - 3:
lrDiagProduct = (
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:
rlDiagProduct = (
grid[i][j]
* grid[i - 1][j + 1]
* grid[i - 2][j + 2]
* grid[i - 3][j + 3]
)
maxProduct = max(vertProduct, horzProduct, lrDiagProduct, rlDiagProduct)
if maxProduct > largest:
largest = maxProduct
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())