Largest product in a grid

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In the 20×20 grid below, four numbers along a diagonal line have been marked in red.

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

The product of these numbers is 26 × 63 × 78 × 14 = 1788696.

What is the greatest product of four adjacent numbers in the same direction (up, down, left, right, or diagonally) in the 20×20 grid?

Strategic solution


def brute():
    max_prod = 0
    for i in range(len(grid) - factor):
        for j in range(len(grid) - factor):
            temp_grid = []
            for k in range(factor):
                temp_row = []
                for l in range(factor):
                    temp_row.append(int(grid[i + k][j + l]))
                temp_grid.append(temp_row)
            dia_max_1 = 1
            dia_max_2 = 1
            for k in range(factor):
                row_prod = 1
                col_prod = 1
                for l in range(factor):
                    row_prod = row_prod * temp_grid[k][l]
                    col_prod = col_prod * temp_grid[l][k]
                if row_prod > max_prod: max_prod = row_prod
                if col_prod > max_prod: max_prod = col_prod
                dia_max_1 = dia_max_1 * temp_grid[k][k]
                dia_max_2 = dia_max_2 * temp_grid[factor - k - 1][k]
            if dia_max_1 > max_prod: max_prod = dia_max_1
            if dia_max_2 > max_prod: max_prod = dia_max_2
    print(max_prod)

Execution


grid = ["08 02 22 97 38 15 00 40 00 75 04 05 07 78 52 12 50 77 91 08".split(" "),
        "49 49 99 40 17 81 18 57 60 87 17 40 98 43 69 48 04 56 62 00".split(" "),
        "81 49 31 73 55 79 14 29 93 71 40 67 53 88 30 03 49 13 36 65".split(" "),
        "52 70 95 23 04 60 11 42 69 24 68 56 01 32 56 71 37 02 36 91".split(" "),
        "22 31 16 71 51 67 63 89 41 92 36 54 22 40 40 28 66 33 13 80".split(" "),
        "24 47 32 60 99 03 45 02 44 75 33 53 78 36 84 20 35 17 12 50".split(" "),
        "32 98 81 28 64 23 67 10 26 38 40 67 59 54 70 66 18 38 64 70".split(" "),
        "67 26 20 68 02 62 12 20 95 63 94 39 63 08 40 91 66 49 94 21".split(" "),
        "24 55 58 05 66 73 99 26 97 17 78 78 96 83 14 88 34 89 63 72".split(" "),
        "21 36 23 09 75 00 76 44 20 45 35 14 00 61 33 97 34 31 33 95".split(" "),
        "78 17 53 28 22 75 31 67 15 94 03 80 04 62 16 14 09 53 56 92".split(" "),
        "16 39 05 42 96 35 31 47 55 58 88 24 00 17 54 24 36 29 85 57".split(" "),
        "86 56 00 48 35 71 89 07 05 44 44 37 44 60 21 58 51 54 17 58".split(" "),
        "19 80 81 68 05 94 47 69 28 73 92 13 86 52 17 77 04 89 55 40".split(" "),
        "04 52 08 83 97 35 99 16 07 97 57 32 16 26 26 79 33 27 98 66".split(" "),
        "88 36 68 87 57 62 20 72 03 46 33 67 46 55 12 32 63 93 53 69".split(" "),
        "04 42 16 73 38 25 39 11 24 94 72 18 08 46 29 32 40 62 76 36".split(" "),
        "20 69 36 41 72 30 23 88 34 62 99 69 82 67 59 85 74 04 36 16".split(" "),
        "20 73 35 29 78 31 90 01 74 31 49 71 48 86 81 16 23 57 05 54".split(" "),
        "01 70 54 71 83 51 54 69 16 92 33 48 61 43 52 01 89 19 67 48".split(" ")]
factor = 4

brute()

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Output


brute: 70600674