gistfile1.txt

# http://projecteuler.net/problem=99

from math import log

file = open('base_exp.txt','r').readlines()

# i thought maybe if we worked the box in two sections- from the top down and from the bottom up
# meeting in the middle, where the target cell was- but this doesn't appear to work either
array = []
for i in range (0,len(file)):
	line = file[i][:-2].split(',')
	line[0] = int(line[0])
	line[1] = int(line[1])
	array.append(line)
# this next line corrects cutting of the end of the last line
array[999][1]=725685
print array

max = 0
max_x = 0 
for x in range (0,len(array)):
	a = array[x][1]*log(array[x][0])
	if a > max:
		max = a
		max_x = x+1
print max_x,a