Problem 8: Largest Product in a Series
Find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number:
7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450
The Catch
How to calculate the product x of every 5 digits in this 1,000-digit number. For every x calculated, check if it is the maximum value obtained.
The Light
Parse the 1,000-digit number to a character array and manipulate each character. Keep track of the greatest x.
The Code
public class Problem8 { public static void main(String[] args) { String digit = "7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450"; System.out.println(fiveDigitSum(digit)); } public static int fiveDigitSum(String s) { int max = 0; int tmp = 0; char[] digit = new char[s.length()]; digit = s.toCharArray(); for(int i = 0; i < digit.length - 4; i++) { int d1 = Character.getNumericValue(digit[i]); int d2 = Character.getNumericValue(digit[i + 1]); int d3 = Character.getNumericValue(digit[i + 2]); int d4 = Character.getNumericValue(digit[i + 3]); int d5 = Character.getNumericValue(digit[i + 4]); tmp = d1 * d2 * d3 * d4 * d5; if(tmp > max) max = tmp; } return max; } }