Day 3: Mull It Over

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  • @[email protected]
    3•1 day ago

    Python

    Part1:

    matches = re.findall(r"(mul\((\d+),(\d+)\))", input)
muls = [int(m[1]) * int(m[2]) for m in matches]
print(sum(muls))

    Part2:

    instructions = list(re.findall(r"(do\(\)|don't\(\)|(mul\((\d+),(\d+)\)))", input)
mul_enabled = True
muls = 0

for inst in instructions:
    if inst[0] == "don't()":
        mul_enabled = False
    elif inst[0] == "do()":
        mul_enabled = True
    elif mul_enabled:
        muls += int(inst[2]) * int(inst[3])

print(muls)