diff --git a/exercises/largest-series-product/instructions.md b/exercises/largest-series-product/instructions.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f297b57f7c --- /dev/null +++ b/exercises/largest-series-product/instructions.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# Instructions + +Your task is to look for patterns in the long sequence of digits in the encrypted signal. + +The technique you're going to use here is called the largest series product. + +Let's define a few terms, first. + +- **input**: the sequence of digits that you need to analyze +- **series**: a sequence of adjacent digits (those that are next to each other) that is contained within the input +- **span**: how many digits long each series is +- **product**: what you get when you multiply numbers together + +Let's work through an example, with the input `"63915"`. + +- To form a series, take adjacent digits in the original input. +- If you are working with a span of `3`, there will be three possible series: + - `"639"` + - `"391"` + - `"915"` +- Then we need to calculate the product of each series: + - The product of the series `"639"` is 162 (`6 × 3 × 9 = 162`) + - The product of the series `"391"` is 27 (`3 × 9 × 1 = 27`) + - The product of the series `"915"` is 45 (`9 × 1 × 5 = 45`) +- 162 is bigger than both 27 and 45, so the largest series product of `"63915"` is from the series `"639"`. + So the answer is **162**. diff --git a/exercises/largest-series-product/introduction.md b/exercises/largest-series-product/introduction.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..597bb5fa15 --- /dev/null +++ b/exercises/largest-series-product/introduction.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Introduction + +You work for a government agency that has intercepted a series of encrypted communication signals from a group of bank robbers. +The signals contain a long sequence of digits. +Your team needs to use various digital signal processing techniques to analyze the signals and identify any patterns that may indicate the planning of a heist.