advent-of-code-2024/day_05/part_a.py

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import aocd
import collections
def parse_rules(orders):
"""
Return a dictionary mapping page numbers to lists of page numbers
For any given key, each page of the value must come after it
"""
rules = collections.defaultdict(list)
for order in orders:
k,v = order.split('|')
rules[k].append(v)
return rules
def verify_update(update, rules):
"""
Ensure that an update is valid using an O(n^2) approach that will
bite me in the ass in part B somehow
"""
update = update.split(',')
for n, page in enumerate(update):
for prev_page in update[:n]:
if prev_page in rules[page]:
return 0
return int(update[len(update)//2])
def solve(data):
orders, updates = data.split('\n\n')
rules = parse_rules(orders.split('\n'))
return sum(verify_update(u, rules) for u in updates.split('\n'))
if __name__ == '__main__':
puz = aocd.models.Puzzle(year=2024, day=5)
# data = puz.examples[0].input_data
data = puz.input_data
solution = solve(data)
print(solution)
aocd.submit(solution, year=2024, day=5, part='a')