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Created September 19, 2013 08:04
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Find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number. 73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934 96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843 85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511 12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557 66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113 6222989342338…
var s = '7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450'
var getProduct = function(s){
//declare var to store the biggest product
var nBiggest = 0, nSize = s.length;
//loop multiplying every 5 slots of the string
for(var i = 0 ; i < nSize ; i++){
var nProduct = parseInt(s[i]);
nProduct *= parseInt(s[i+1]);
nProduct *= parseInt(s[i+2]);
nProduct *= parseInt(s[i+3]);
nProduct *= parseInt(s[i+4]);
if( nProduct > nBiggest ){ nBiggest = nProduct }
}
return nBiggest;
}
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