Day 6

day6-1.py

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+# -------
+# imports
+# -------
+from string import ascii_letters
+
+# ---------
+# constants
+# ---------
+
+DEBUG=True
+
+# ----------------
+# helper functions
+# ----------------
+
+def debug(*args):
+    if DEBUG:
+        print(args)
+
+# -------------
+# main function
+# -------------
+
+def main():
+    with open("input6.txt", "r") as file:
+        intext = file.read()
+
+    inlen = len(intext)
+
+    for i in range(inlen):
+        lets = []
+        for j in range(4):
+            clet = intext[i+j]
+            lets.append(clet)
+
+        if len(set(lets)) != 4:
+            print(f"Non-unique: {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+4}")
+        else:
+            print(f"Unique! {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+4}")
+            break
+
+# --------------
+# run the script
+# --------------
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

day6-2.py

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+# -------
+# imports
+# -------
+from string import ascii_letters
+
+# ---------
+# constants
+# ---------
+
+DEBUG=True
+
+# ----------------
+# helper functions
+# ----------------
+
+def debug(*args):
+    if DEBUG:
+        print(args)
+
+# -------------
+# main function
+# -------------
+
+def main():
+    with open("input6.txt", "r") as file:
+        intext = file.read()
+
+    inlen = len(intext)
+
+    for i in range(inlen):
+        lets = []
+        for j in range(14):
+            clet = intext[i+j]
+            lets.append(clet)
+
+        if len(set(lets)) != 14:
+            print(f"Non-unique: {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+14}")
+        else:
+            print(f"Unique! {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+14}")
+            break
+
+# --------------
+# run the script
+# --------------
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

input6.txt

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