Python Beginner tutorial series using project Euler #11 - Largest product in a grid

Not as nice as I'd like it to be, having to copy in the grid isn't nice but it works and is significantly easier than other methods I can think of. Hopefully this helps some of you :)

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[Vancha]

For anyone wanting to implement the same array in python, try pasting it in a text editor, replace all spaces (" ") with a space and a comma (", "), and all new lines ("/n") with a closing bracket, a new line, and an opening bracket ("]/n[").
That way you can just copy/paste the entire thing into yuur code and use it :)

[samdurden]

For anyone who wants to import the grid, I did it this way:

#saved the grid in a .txt file, and use a context manager (best practice)
with open("problem11/input.txt", "r") as f:
x = f.read().splitlines()

def parse(x):
#returns a list of lists
newlist = []
for i, strings in enumerate(x):
strings = strings.split()
#create a new list in our list
newlist.append([])
for j in strings:
newlist[i].append(int(j))
return newlist

[ishaanadarsh]

Instead of using 4 different for loops. You could directly run try and except and complete the entire process in the first two loops of "i" and "j" themselves. Anyways, thanks a lot bro.

[mortenvonsildskjde]

Thanks a lot Luke. However, I would have used numpy.transpose to get the values for the downward/upward directions and deleted the code in the middle :)