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011-largest-product-in-a-grid/README.md

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+# 11: Largest product in a grid.
+
+## Original problem text:
+
+In the 20×20 grid below, four numbers along a diagonal line have been marked [~in red~].
+
+```
+(marked numbers look like >42<, they are red on project euler site)
+
+08 02 22 97 38 15 00 40 00 75 04 05 07 78 52 12 50 77 91 08
+49 49 99 40 17 81 18 57 60 87 17 40 98 43 69 48 04 56 62 00
+81 49 31 73 55 79 14 29 93 71 40 67 53 88 30 03 49 13 36 65
+52 70 95 23 04 60 11 42 69 24 68 56 01 32 56 71 37 02 36 91
+22 31 16 71 51 67 63 89 41 92 36 54 22 40 40 28 66 33 13 80
+24 47 32 60 99 03 45 02 44 75 33 53 78 36 84 20 35 17 12 50
+32 98 81 28 64 23 67 10>26<38 40 67 59 54 70 66 18 38 64 70
+67 26 20 68 02 62 12 20 95>63<94 39 63 08 40 91 66 49 94 21
+24 55 58 05 66 73 99 26 97 17>78<78 96 83 14 88 34 89 63 72
+21 36 23 09 75 00 76 44 20 45 35>14<00 61 33 97 34 31 33 95
+78 17 53 28 22 75 31 67 15 94 03 80 04 62 16 14 09 53 56 92
+16 39 05 42 96 35 31 47 55 58 88 24 00 17 54 24 36 29 85 57
+86 56 00 48 35 71 89 07 05 44 44 37 44 60 21 58 51 54 17 58
+19 80 81 68 05 94 47 69 28 73 92 13 86 52 17 77 04 89 55 40
+04 52 08 83 97 35 99 16 07 97 57 32 16 26 26 79 33 27 98 66
+88 36 68 87 57 62 20 72 03 46 33 67 46 55 12 32 63 93 53 69
+04 42 16 73 38 25 39 11 24 94 72 18 08 46 29 32 40 62 76 36
+20 69 36 41 72 30 23 88 34 62 99 69 82 67 59 85 74 04 36 16
+20 73 35 29 78 31 90 01 74 31 49 71 48 86 81 16 23 57 05 54
+01 70 54 71 83 51 54 69 16 92 33 48 61 43 52 01 89 19 67 48
+
+```
+
+The product of these numbers is 26 × 63 × 78 × 14 = 1788696.
+
+What is the greatest product of four adjacent numbers in the same direction (up, down, left, right, or diagonally) in the 20×20 grid?
+
+---
+
+# Approach
+
+We are just going to read all possibilities and select the best one. This requires a little over 1000 iterations of 
+a simple loop and is trivial.
+
+- we have just 400 numbers in a list,
+- we need to build 4 sets of products from this grid
+  - up/down, left/right, and both diagonal axiis
+  - multiplication is commutititve so we only need to check in one direction for each axis.
+- we don't 'traverse' the whole grid.
+  - products must be of four numbers
+  - we can fit all 4 checks inside a 'lens' region
+  - that lens stops short by 3 entries on each axis
+  - Naive implementation is 17*17*4 iterations in which 4 numbers are multiplied together and compared against a global maximum.

011-largest-product-in-a-grid/grid.txt

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+08 02 22 97 38 15 00 40 00 75 04 05 07 78 52 12 50 77 91 08
+49 49 99 40 17 81 18 57 60 87 17 40 98 43 69 48 04 56 62 00
+81 49 31 73 55 79 14 29 93 71 40 67 53 88 30 03 49 13 36 65
+52 70 95 23 04 60 11 42 69 24 68 56 01 32 56 71 37 02 36 91
+22 31 16 71 51 67 63 89 41 92 36 54 22 40 40 28 66 33 13 80
+24 47 32 60 99 03 45 02 44 75 33 53 78 36 84 20 35 17 12 50
+32 98 81 28 64 23 67 10 26 38 40 67 59 54 70 66 18 38 64 70
+67 26 20 68 02 62 12 20 95 63 94 39 63 08 40 91 66 49 94 21
+24 55 58 05 66 73 99 26 97 17 78 78 96 83 14 88 34 89 63 72
+21 36 23 09 75 00 76 44 20 45 35 14 00 61 33 97 34 31 33 95
+78 17 53 28 22 75 31 67 15 94 03 80 04 62 16 14 09 53 56 92
+16 39 05 42 96 35 31 47 55 58 88 24 00 17 54 24 36 29 85 57
+86 56 00 48 35 71 89 07 05 44 44 37 44 60 21 58 51 54 17 58
+19 80 81 68 05 94 47 69 28 73 92 13 86 52 17 77 04 89 55 40
+04 52 08 83 97 35 99 16 07 97 57 32 16 26 26 79 33 27 98 66
+88 36 68 87 57 62 20 72 03 46 33 67 46 55 12 32 63 93 53 69
+04 42 16 73 38 25 39 11 24 94 72 18 08 46 29 32 40 62 76 36
+20 69 36 41 72 30 23 88 34 62 99 69 82 67 59 85 74 04 36 16
+20 73 35 29 78 31 90 01 74 31 49 71 48 86 81 16 23 57 05 54
+01 70 54 71 83 51 54 69 16 92 33 48 61 43 52 01 89 19 67 48

011-largest-product-in-a-grid/index.js

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+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const gridStr=fs.rea