require "spec_helper" describe "problem eight" do #The four adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number that have the greatest product are 9 × 9 × 8 × 9 = 5832. let(:data) do <<-BLAH 73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934 96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843 85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511 12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557 66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113 62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749 30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866 70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776 65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243 52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397 53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482 83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474 82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881 16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586 17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042 24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408 07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188 84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606 05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725 71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450 BLAH end #Find the thirteen adjacent digits in the 1000-digit number that have the greatest product. What is the value of this product? class MassScan attr_accessor :data def initialize(data) @data = data.gsub(/ /, '').gsub(/\n/, '') @position = 0 end def scan(digits: 4) queue = [] max = 0 until @position > @data.size fill(queue, digits) result = product(queue) if result > max max_queue = queue.dup max = result puts [max, max_queue].inspect end end max end private def fill(queue, size) available_room = size - queue.size if available_room == 0 queue.shift available_room = 1 end available_room.times do |n| queue.push(data[@position]) @position = @position + 1 end end def product(queue) queue.inject(1) do |memo, n| memo *= n.to_i end end end subject { MassScan.new(data) } it "returns the four digits that produce the greatest product" do expect(subject.scan(digits: 4)).to eql(5832) end it "returns the thirteen digits that produce the greatest product" do expect(subject.scan(digits: 13)).to eql(23514624000) end end