sol2.py

"""
The four adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number that have the greatest
product are 9 × 9 × 8 × 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?
"""

from functools import reduce

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)):
    """Find the thirteen adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number n that have
    the greatest product and returns it.

    >>> solution(N)
    23514624000
    """
    return max(
        [
            reduce(lambda x, y: int(x) * int(y), n[i : i + 13])
            for i in range(len(n) - 12)
        ]
    )


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