011.py

num = "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"

a = []
b = []


for x in num.split():
  a.append(int(x))

for x in range(20):
  b.append([])

for c in range(20):
  for x in range(20):
    b[c].append(a.pop(0))

for x in b:
  print x

products = []
d = []

def checkhorizontals(begin, f = 0, i = 1, j = 1, k = 1, o = 1):
  for h in xrange(begin, begin+4):
    i = b[f][h]
    j = i * j
    k = j
  else:
    products.append(k)
    j = 1
def checkverticals(begin, f = 0, i = 1, j = 1, k = 1, o = 1):
  for m in xrange(begin, begin+4):
    n = b[m][f]
    o = n * o
    p = o
  else:
    products.append(p)
    o = 1


def checkdiagonals(group = 4, columns = 20, rows = 20, i = 1):
  for y in range(columns - group + 1):
    for x in range(rows - group + 1):
      for z in range(group):
        i = b[y+z][x+z] * i
      else:
        products.append([i, "("+ str((x+1)) + ", "+ str(y+1) + ")", "left to right"])
        i = 1
  for y in range(columns - group + 1):
    for x in range(group - 1, rows):
      for z in range(group):
        i = b[z+y][x-z-1] * i
      else:
        products.append([i, "("+ str(x) + ", "+ str(y+1) + ")", "right to left"])
        i = 1

checkdiagonals()
for y in xrange(20):
  for x in xrange(17):
    checkhorizontals(x, y)
    checkverticals(x, y)
for x in range(len(products)):
  print x, products[x]

print "ANS", sorted(products).pop()