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Largest Product 13 numbers
public class LargestProductThirteen{
public static void main( String[] args ) {
final String num = "7316717653133062491922511967442657474235534919493496983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843858615607891129494954595017379583319528532088055111254069874715852386305071569329096329522744304355766896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113622298934233803081353362766142828064444866452387493035890729629049156044077239071381051585930796086670172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776657273330010533678812202354218097512545405947522435258490771167055601360483958644670632441572215539753697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482839722413756570560574902614079729686524145351004748216637048440319989000889524345065854122758866688116427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586178664583591245665294765456828489128831426076900422421902267105562632111110937054421750694165896040807198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188845801561660979191338754992005240636899125607176060588611646710940507754100225698315520005593572972571636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450";
long greatestProduct = 0;
long product = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < num.length() - 13; i++) {
boolean hasZero = false;
for (int j = i; j <= i + 12; j++){
if (num.charAt(j) == '0')
hasZero = true;
}
if (hasZero) continue;
product = Long.valueOf(Character.getNumericValue(num.charAt(i)));
for (int k = i + 1; k <= i + 12; k++){
product *= Long.valueOf(Character.getNumericValue(num.charAt(k)));
}
if (product > greatestProduct)
greatestProduct = product;
}
System.out.println(greatestProduct);
}
}
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