Day 3 Done

2024/03/part 1 solution.py

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+testing = 0
+if testing ==0:
+    with open(r'2024/03\input.txt', 'r') as file:
+        input = file.read()
+else:
+    input = 'xmul(2,4)%&mul[3,7]!@^do_not_mul(5,5)+mul(32,64]then(mul(11,8)mul(8,5))'
+
+
+# find every exact instance of mul() and multiply the two numbers together 
+
+import re
+
+# Regular expression to find all instances of mul() with its arguments
+pattern = r'mul\((\d+),(\d+)\)'
+
+matches = re.findall(pattern, input)
+
+numbers = [(int(x), int(y)) for x, y in matches]
+
+print(numbers)
+answer = 0
+for x, y in numbers:
+    answer += x*y
+
+print(answer)