Problem 8

import urllib.request
import time

#start timer
start = time.time()

#import the problem to access the number easier
url = "https://projecteuler.net/problem=8"
data = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()
data1 = str(data)
#assemble the number from the page readout prints in block readout
locationTracker = data1.find("73167")
bigNumber = data1[data1.find("73167"):data1.find("73167")+50]
for j in range(0,19):
    locationTracker = locationTracker + 58
    bigNumber += data1[locationTracker:locationTracker+50]

#multiply a string of 13 numbers
def multiplyNums(string):
    finalProduct = 1
    for index in range(13):
        finalProduct *= int(string[index:index+1])
    return finalProduct

#main
maxProduct = 0
for index in range(988):
    newProduct = multiplyNums(bigNumber[index:index+13])
    if (newProduct>maxProduct):
        maxProduct = newProduct

#end timer
end = time.time()

#prints results
print("Time: " + str(end - start))
print("Solution: " + str(maxProduct))