#include #include const char bigBoy[1001] = "73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934" "96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843" "85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511" "12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557" "66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113" "62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749" "30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866" "70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776" "65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243" "52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397" "53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482" "83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474" "82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881" "16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586" "17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042" "24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408" "07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188" "84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606" "05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725" "71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450"; // parseNum: Splits in segements of r, to find out the largest product of digits // for that segment size // max is the maximum product found within the number // x: the number (as a char string) to be parsed // r: the range to parse over long long parseNum(const char *x, int r){ int len = 1000; long max; for(int i = 0; i < len - r; i++){ // Digits in ascii start at 48 long long prod = (x[i] - 48); for(int k = i + 1; k < i + r; k++) prod *= (x[k] - 48); if(prod > max) max = prod; } return max; } int main(){ long long p = parseNum(bigBoy, 13); printf("%ld\n", p); //printf("%ld\n", parseNum(bigBoy, 13)); return 0; }