Day 2: Red-Nosed Reports
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FAQ
- What is this?: Here is a post with a large amount of details: https://programming.dev/post/22323136
- Where do I participate?: https://adventofcode.com/
- Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465
python
solution
import re import aoc def setup(): return (aoc.get_lines(2), 0) def safe(data): order = 0 if data[0] < data[1] else 1 for i in range(0, len(data) - 1): h = data[i] t = data[i + 1] d = abs(h - t) if d not in [1, 2, 3] or (order == 0 and h >= t) or ( order == 1 and h <= t): return False return True def one(): lines, acc = setup() for l in lines: if safe([int(x) for x in re.findall(r'\d+', l)]): acc += 1 print(acc) def two(): lines, acc = setup() for l in lines: data = [int(x) for x in re.findall(r'\d+', l)] for i in range(len(data)): if safe(data[:i] + data[i + 1:]): acc += 1 break print(acc) one() two()