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+number = "73167176531330624919225119674426574742355349194934" +\
+ "96983520312774506326239578318016984801869478851843" +\
+ "85861560789112949495459501737958331952853208805511" +\
+ "12540698747158523863050715693290963295227443043557" +\
+ "66896648950445244523161731856403098711121722383113" +\
+ "62229893423380308135336276614282806444486645238749" +\
+ "30358907296290491560440772390713810515859307960866" +\
+ "70172427121883998797908792274921901699720888093776" +\
+ "65727333001053367881220235421809751254540594752243" +\
+ "52584907711670556013604839586446706324415722155397" +\
+ "53697817977846174064955149290862569321978468622482" +\
+ "83972241375657056057490261407972968652414535100474" +\
+ "82166370484403199890008895243450658541227588666881" +\
+ "16427171479924442928230863465674813919123162824586" +\
+ "17866458359124566529476545682848912883142607690042" +\
+ "24219022671055626321111109370544217506941658960408" +\
+ "07198403850962455444362981230987879927244284909188" +\
+ "84580156166097919133875499200524063689912560717606" +\
+ "05886116467109405077541002256983155200055935729725" +\
+ "71636269561882670428252483600823257530420752963450"
+
+highest_products = []
+
+number = list(number)
+for i, n in enumerate(number):
+ number[i] = int(number[i])
+
+for i, n in enumerate(number):
+ product = n
+ try:
+ for j in range(1, 13):
+ product *= number[i + j]
+ except IndexError:
+ product = 0
+ highest_products.append(product)
+
+print(max(highest_products))