Java solution to Project Euler Problem 8

Problem 8:

Find the greatest product of five consecutive digits in the 1000-digit number.

73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934
96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843
85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511
12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557
66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113
62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749
30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866
70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776
65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243
52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397
53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482
83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474
82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881
16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586
17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042
24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408
07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188
84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606
05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725
71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450

Running time: 35ms

Assessment: Pretty straightforward; just iterate through the number character by character and check it.

public class Problem008
{
	public static int checkInt(String s)
	{
		int product = 1;
 
		for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
		{
			Character c = new Character(s.charAt(i));
			String tmp = c.toString();
			int temp = Integer.parseInt(tmp);
			product *= temp;
		}
		return product;
	}
 
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		long begin = System.currentTimeMillis();
		String BigNum = "7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450";
		String snip;
		int largest = 0;
 
		for (int i = 0; i <= (BigNum.length()-5); i++)
		{
			snip = "";
 
			for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++)
			{
				char c = BigNum.charAt(i+j);
				snip += c;
			}
 
			if (checkInt(snip) > largest)
				largest = checkInt(snip);
		}
		long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
		System.out.println(largest);
		System.out.println(end-begin + "ms");
	}
}

2 thoughts on “Java solution to Project Euler Problem 8

  1. alter solution for prject euler problem 8

    import java.io.*;public class problem8{public static void main(String args[]){int index = 5;int max = 0;String inputNum= “7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450”; for (int i = 0; i max) {           max = sum;        }  }System.out.println(“Max = ” + max); } }

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