Date created: Sunday, July 10, 2011 7:17:38 PM. Last modified: Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:41:20 AM

Problem 8

// Project Euler - Problem 8
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
using namespace std;

int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {

	string thousand = "73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934"\
			"96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843"\
			"85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511"\
			"12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557"\
			"66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113"\
			"62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749"\
			"30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866"\
			"70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776"\
			"65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243"\
			"52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397"\
			"53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482"\
			"83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474"\
			"82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881"\
			"16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586"\
			"17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042"\
			"24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408"\
			"07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188"\
			"84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606"\
			"05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725"\
			"71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450";
	int i, product, largest;
	product = 0;
	largest = 0;

	for(i=0;i<=994;i++) {
		product = atoi(thousand.substr(i, 1).c_str()) * \
		atoi(thousand.substr(i+1, 1).c_str()) * \
		atoi(thousand.substr(i+2, 1).c_str()) * \
		atoi(thousand.substr(i+3, 1).c_str()) * \
		atoi(thousand.substr(i+4, 1).c_str());

		if(product>largest) { largest = product; };
	}

	cout << largest << "\n";
        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

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