19-largest-product-in-a-grid.py

import numpy as np

data = np.array([
    ['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']
])

def product_iterable(numbers):
    multiply = 1
    for n in numbers:
        multiply *= int(n)
    
    return multiply


def product_4x4(grid):
    product_list = []
    
    for i in range(4):
        product_list.append(product_iterable(grid[i][:]))
        product_list.append(product_iterable(grid[:][i]))
    
    product_list.append(product_iterable([grid[i][i] for i in range(4)]))
    product_list.append(product_iterable([grid[i][3-i] for i in range(4)]))
    
    return max(product_list)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    product = 0
    
    for vIndex in range(16):
        for hIndex in range(16):
            temp =product_4x4(data[vIndex:vIndex+4,hIndex:hIndex+4])
            if product < temp:
                product = temp
    
    print(product)