python/number_matrix.py at master · rishibathina/python · GitHub

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'''
Lot of print statements to debug. Number Matrix was a file given to me. It was a big matrix filled with numbers.
'''

inFile = open('number_matrix', 'r')
#list of products for me to maxamize
list_of_products = []
column = []                               #column's list for products
number_of_iterations = 0
for line in inFile:                       #iterate throught file line by line
   mystring = line                       #convertingline into string
   mylist = mystring.split()             #splitting the string into individual list indexes
   #print (len(mylist))
   #print (x)
   row_counter = 0                       #value of indexing
   while row_counter < 17:               #to index and not over index and to loop through the values over and over again
      #find all possible products
      product_of_numbers = int(mylist[row_counter])*int(mylist[row_counter+1])*int(mylist[row_counter+2])*int(mylist[row_counter+3])
      list_of_products.append( (product_of_numbers,"row",int(mylist[row_counter]),int(mylist[row_counter+1]),int(mylist[row_counter+2]),int(mylist[row_counter+3])))
      #increase index to allow for all products and so that we don't have a infinite loop
      row_counter = row_counter + 1
   number_of_iterations += 1
#print (max(list_of_products))
inFile.seek(0)                            #bring cursor back to the first line
column_counter = 0
                                    #indexing for columns
for number in range(0,number_of_iterations):
    #print (number)
    for line in inFile:                       #iterate through the file line by line
        newstring = line                      #convert line to string
        #print (newstring)
        newlist = newstring.split()           #convert string to list
        #print(newlist[int(number)])
        #print ()
        column.append(newlist[int(number)])             #add first index to the column list to find all possible products
        #print (len(column))
        #print (y)                             #debug
        #print (len(column))                    #debug
    #print (column)
    column_counter = 0
    while column_counter < 17: #to index and not over index and to loop through the values over and over again
        #find all possible products
        #print (column_counter)
        product_of_numbers = int(column[column_counter])*int(column[column_counter+1])*int(column[column_counter+2])*int(column[column_counter+3])
        list_of_products.append((product_of_numbers, "col", int(column[column_counter]), int(column[column_counter+1]), int(column[column_counter+2]), int(column[column_counter+3]) ))
        #increment by one to keep a finite loop
        column_counter = column_counter + 1
    column = []
    inFile.seek(0)
#print ((column))                          #debug
print (list_of_products)
print (max(list_of_products))             #max product