advent-of-code/2021/day3.py
Mikaël Capelle 3fc0f94b1c 2021 day 1-5.
2023-12-09 11:01:28 +01:00

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Python

import sys
from collections import Counter
from typing import Literal
def generator_rating(
values: list[str], most_common: bool, default: Literal["0", "1"]
) -> str:
index = 0
most_common_idx = 0 if most_common else 1
while len(values) > 1:
cnt = Counter(value[index] for value in values)
bit = cnt.most_common(2)[most_common_idx][0]
if cnt["0"] == cnt["1"]:
bit = default
values = [value for value in values if value[index] == bit]
index += 1
return values[0]
lines = sys.stdin.read().splitlines()
# part 1
most_and_least_common = [
tuple(Counter(line[col] for line in lines).most_common(2)[m][0] for m in range(2))
for col in range(len(lines[0]))
]
gamma_rate = int("".join(most for most, _ in most_and_least_common), base=2)
epsilon_rate = int("".join(least for _, least in most_and_least_common), base=2)
print(f"answer 1 is {gamma_rate * epsilon_rate}")
# part 2
oxygen_generator_rating = int(generator_rating(lines, True, "1"), base=2)
co2_scrubber_rating = int(generator_rating(lines, False, "0"), base=2)
answer_2 = oxygen_generator_rating * co2_scrubber_rating
print(f"answer 2 is {answer_2}")