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2025/03/part_1_solution.py

@@ -1,7 +1,55 @@
-testing = True
+testing = False
 if not testing:
     with open(r"2025/03/input.txt", "r") as file:
         input = file.read()
 else:
-    input = '''
+    input = '''987654321111111
-'''
+811111111111119
+234234234234278
+818181911112111'''
+
+testing_answer = 357
+
+banks = input.split('\n')
+mem = {}
+jolts = []
+
+for bank_number, battery_bank in enumerate(banks):
+    # scan the whole bank
+    # find the highest number
+    # store it and remember its position
+    # need to handle if the last digit is the highest as that wont work...
+
+    bank_length = len(battery_bank)
+    current_high:int = 0
+    current_high_pos: int
+    for position, battery in enumerate(battery_bank):
+        if position == bank_length-1:
+            continue
+        battery = int(battery)
+        if battery > current_high:
+            current_high = battery
+            current_high_pos = position
+    mem[bank_number] = (current_high, current_high_pos)
+    # print(current_high, current_high_pos)
+#print(mem)
+
+for bank_number, battery_bank in enumerate(banks):
+    current_high:int = 0
+    current_high_pos: int
+    for position, battery in enumerate(battery_bank):
+        if position <= mem[bank_number][1]:
+            #print('skip')
+            continue
+        battery = int(battery)
+        if battery > current_high:
+            current_high = battery
+    jolts.append(mem[bank_number][0]*10 + current_high)
+
+# print(jolts)
+sum_jolts = 0
+for thing in jolts:
+    sum_jolts += thing
+if testing:
+    print(sum_jolts == testing_answer)
+print(sum_jolts)

2025/03/part_2_solution.py

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+testing = True
+
+if not testing:
+    with open(r"2025/03/input.txt", "r") as file:
+        input = file.read()
+else:
+    input = '''987654321111111
+811111111111119
+234234234234278
+818181911112111'''
+
+testing_answer = 3121910778619
+
+banks = input.split('\n')
+mem = {}
+jolts = []
+
+for bank_number, battery_bank in enumerate(banks):
+    # scan the whole bank
+    # find the highest number
+    # store it and remember its position
+    # need to handle if the last digit is the highest as that wont work...
+
+    bank_length = len(battery_bank)
+    current_high:int = 0
+    current_high_pos: int
+    for position, battery in enumerate(battery_bank):
+        if position == bank_length-12:
+            continue
+        battery = int(battery)
+        if battery > current_high:
+            current_high = battery
+            current_high_pos = position
+    mem[bank_number] = (current_high, current_high_pos)
+    # print(current_high, current_high_pos)
+#print(mem)
+
+for bank_number, battery_bank in enumerate(banks):
+    current_high:int = 0
+    current_high_pos: int
+    for position, battery in enumerate(battery_bank):
+        if position <= mem[bank_number][1]:
+            #print('skip')
+            continue
+        battery = int(battery)
+        if battery > current_high:
+            current_high = battery
+    jolts.append(mem[bank_number][0]*10 + current_high)
+
+# print(jolts)
+sum_jolts = 0
+for thing in jolts:
+    sum_jolts += thing
+if testing:
+    print(sum_jolts == testing_answer)
+print(sum_jolts)

2025/04/part_1_solution.py

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+testing = True
+if not testing:
+    with open(r"2025/04/input.txt", "r") as file:
+        input = file.read()
+else:
+    input = '''
+'''

2025/05/part_1_solution.py

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+testing = True
+if not testing:
+    with open(r"2025/05/input.txt", "r") as file:
+        input = file.read()
+else:
+    input = '''
+'''

get_puzzle_text.py

@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@ def populate_data(year = current_year, day=current_day):
     else:
         print("Something went wrong. Check the puzzle text.")
 
-populate_data()
+populate_data(2025,4)