AdventOfCode/2018/day5.py

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with open('day5-input', 'r') as file:
data = [l.strip('\n') for l in file]
# import numpy as np
polymer = [c for c in reversed(data[0])]
# polymer = [c for c in 'dabAcCaCBAcCcaDA']
i = 0
print(len(polymer))
while i < len(polymer)-1:
if polymer[i] == polymer[i+1].swapcase():
polymer.pop(i)
polymer.pop(i)
i -= 2
i += 1
print(len(polymer)) # Not 11196?!
while i < len(polymer) - 1:
if polymer[i] == polymer[i + 1].swapcase():
polymer.pop(i)
polymer.pop(i)
i -= 2
i += 1
print(len(polymer)) # Not 11196?!
while i < len(polymer) - 1:
if polymer[i] == polymer[i + 1].swapcase():
polymer.pop(i)
polymer.pop(i)
i = -1
i += 1
print(len(polymer)) # Part 1
remaining_letters = {}
for c in polymer:
c = c.lower()
if c in remaining_letters:
remaining_letters[c] += 1
else:
remaining_letters[c] = 1
print(max(remaining_letters.items(), key=lambda x: x[1]))
def react(letter):
polymer_2 = [c for c in data[0] if c.lower() != letter]
i = 0
while i < len(polymer_2)-1:
if polymer_2[i] == polymer_2[i+1].swapcase():
polymer_2.pop(i)
polymer_2.pop(i)
i -= 2
i += 1
while i < len(polymer_2) - 1:
if polymer_2[i] == polymer_2[i + 1].swapcase():
polymer_2.pop(i)
polymer_2.pop(i)
i = -1
i += 1
return len(polymer_2)
# print(len(polymer_2)) # Not 10658?!
removals = [react(i) for i in remaining_letters.keys()]
print(max(removals)) # Part 2