advent_of_code_2024/day_05/program.py
2024-12-07 10:05:26 +01:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/5
def get_lines(filename: str) -> list:
with open(filename, "r") as file:
return [line.strip() for line in file.readlines()]
def get_rules_and_updates(lines: list) -> tuple:
rules = {}
updates = []
for line in lines:
if "|" in line:
a, b = line.split("|")
if rules.get(b):
rules[b].append(a)
else:
rules[b] = [a]
elif "," in line:
updates.append(line.split(","))
return rules, updates
def check_validity(rules: dict, update: list) -> bool:
for position, page_number in enumerate(update):
if page_number not in rules:
continue
# if a number that is supposed to come earlier than our current page_number
# is included in the rest of the update, it breaks the rules
for earlier_number in rules[page_number]:
if earlier_number in update[position:]:
return False
return True
def get_middle_page_sums(rules: dict, updates: list) -> int:
middle_page_sum = 0
for update in updates:
if check_validity(rules, update):
middle_page_sum += int(update[int(len(update) / 2)])
return middle_page_sum
def main():
# lines = get_lines("sample-input.txt")
lines = get_lines("input.txt")
rules, updates = get_rules_and_updates(lines)
print("Part 1: The sum of valid middle pages is:", get_middle_page_sums(rules, updates))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()