def horizental_checker(lst1,lst2,lst3,lst4,place_checker,lst5=[],lst6=[],lst7=[]):     #place_checker checks if the lst is before the fourth column
count = 0
if place_checker == 1 or place_checker == 20:
    for a,b,c,d in zip(lst1,lst2,lst3,lst4):
        a = int(a)
        b = int(b)
        c = int(c)
        d = int(d)
        return (a * b * c * d)
elif place_checker == 2 or place_checker == 19:
    print "TESSSSSST"

    for e,a,b,c,d in zip(lst5,lst1,lst2,lst3,lst4):
        print a,b,c,d,e
        a = int(a)
        b = int(b)
        c = int(c)
        d = int(d)
        e = int(e)
        count = (a * b * c * d)
        print "my count is %i" % count
        if (e * a * b * c) > count:
            count = (e * a * b * c)
            print "my second count is %i" % count
        return count

elif place_checker == 3 or place_checker == 18:
    for e,f,a,b,c,d in zip(lst5,lst6,lst1,lst2,lst3,lst4):
        a = int(a)
        b = int(b)
        c = int(c)
        d = int(d)
        count = (a * b * c * d)
        if (e * a * b * c) > count:
            count = (e * a * b * c)
        if (f * e * a * b) > count:
            count = (f * e * a * b)
        return count
else:
    for e,f,g,a,b,c,d in zip(lst5,lst6,lst7,lst1,lst2,lst3,lst4):
        a = int(a)
        b = int(b)
        c = int(c)
        d = int(d)
        count = (a * b * c * d)
        if (e * a * b * c) > count:
            count = (e * a * b * c)
        if (f * e * a * b) > count:
            count = (f * e * a * b)
        if (g * f * e * a) > count:
            count = (g * f * e * a)
        return count