011.py

#!/usr/bin/python

grid_txt = "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"

grid_flat = grid_txt.split(' ')
grid = []
for j in xrange(0,20):
  grid.append([])
  for i in xrange(0,20): 
    grid[j].append(int(grid_flat[j*20+i]))

max_prod = 0
pos_x,pos_y = (-1,-1)
direction = -1
vecs = [[1,0],[0,1],[1,-1],[1,1]]
for j in xrange(0, len(grid)):
  for i in xrange(0, len(grid[j])):
    for k in xrange(0, len(vecs)):
      prod = 1
      for n in xrange(0,4):
        x = i+n*vecs[k][1]
        y = j+n*vecs[k][0]
        if x < 0 or x >= 20 or y < 0 or y >= 20:
          break
        prod = prod * grid[y][x]
      if prod > max_prod:
        pos_x, pos_y, max_prod, direction = (i, j, prod, k)


print "Prod:", max_prod
print "Pos:", pos_x, pos_y, direction
for n in xrange(0,4):
	x = pos_x+n*vecs[direction][1]
	y = pos_y+n*vecs[direction][0]

	print grid[y][x]