t = """ 75 95 64 17 47 82 18 35 87 10 20 04 82 47 65 19 01 23 75 03 34 88 02 77 73 07 63 67 99 65 04 28 06 16 70 92 41 41 26 56 83 40 80 70 33 41 48 72 33 47 32 37 16 94 29 53 71 44 65 25 43 91 52 97 51 14 70 11 33 28 77 73 17 78 39 68 17 57 91 71 52 38 17 14 91 43 58 50 27 29 48 63 66 04 68 89 53 67 30 73 16 69 87 40 31 04 62 98 27 23 09 70 98 73 93 38 53 60 04 23 """ def find_greatest_path_sum_in_triangle_string(ts): from functools import reduce xss = [list(map(int, xs.split())) for xs in ts.split("\n") if xs] xss.reverse() def r(xs, ys): return [max([xs[i] + ys[i], xs[i + 1] + ys[i]]) for i in range(len(ys))] return reduce(r, xss[1:], xss[0])[0] def euler_018(): return find_greatest_path_sum_in_triangle_string(t) if __name__ == "__main__": assert(euler_018() == 1074) print("e018.py: {}".format(euler_018()))