#!/usr/bin/python import sys; import math; def fiveDigitProduct(num,offset): sum = 1; for i in range(offset,offset+5): sum *= int(num[i]); return sum; def greatestProduct(num): higherProduct = 0; for i in range (0, len(num)-4): product = fiveDigitProduct(num,i); if(product > higherProduct): higherProduct = product; return higherProduct; strNum = sys.argv[1]; print "Result is: " + str(greatestProduct(strNum));