Changed N variable to do not use end of line scape because in case there is a space after it the script will break making it much more error prone.

Author: brunohadlich

project_euler/problem_08/sol2.py

@@ -28,26 +28,26 @@
 
 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"""
+N = ('73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934'
+     '96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843'
+     '85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511'
+     '12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557'
+     '66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113'
+     '62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749'
+     '30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866'
+     '70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776'
+     '65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243'
+     '52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397'
+     '53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482'
+     '83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474'
+     '82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881'
+     '16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586'
+     '17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042'
+     '24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408'
+     '07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188'
+     '84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606'
+     '05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725'
+     '71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450')
 
 def solution(n):
     """Find the thirteen adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number n that have the greatest product and returns it.
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ def solution(n):
     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(N))
+    print(solution(str(N)))