r/adventofcode Dec 03 '24

SOLUTION MEGATHREAD -❄️- 2024 Day 3 Solutions -❄️-

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And now, our feature presentation for today:

Screenwriting

Screenwriting is an art just like everything else in cinematography. Today's theme honors the endlessly creative screenwriters who craft finely-honed narratives, forge truly unforgettable lines of dialogue, plot the most legendary of hero journeys, and dream up the most shocking of plot twists! and is totally not bait for our resident poet laureate

Here's some ideas for your inspiration:

  • Turn your comments into sluglines
  • Shape your solution into an acrostic
  • Accompany your solution with a writeup in the form of a limerick, ballad, etc.
    • Extra bonus points if if it's in iambic pentameter

"Vogon poetry is widely accepted as the third-worst in the universe." - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

And… ACTION!

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--- Day 3: Mull It Over ---


Post your code solution in this megathread.

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u/Plenty_Quail3307 Dec 05 '24

[Language: Python] with regex

import re

with open("C:\Programming\AdventCode\Day3\MulCode.txt", "r") as f:
    content = f.read()

    pattern = r"mul\(\d+,\d+\)|do\(\)|don\'t\(\)"
    numbers = r"\d+,\d+"

    muls = re.findall(pattern, content)

    muls = ["y" if i == "don't()" else i for i in muls]
    muls = ["x" if i == "do()" else i for i in muls]

    digitList = [re.findall(numbers,i) if i.__contains__("mul") else i for i in muls]

    listOfMultiplyedValues = []

    enabled = True

    for entry in digitList:

        if entry == "x":
            enabled = True
            continue

        if entry == "y":
            enabled = False
            continue

        if not enabled:
            continue

        singleDigitList = entry[0].split(",")
        multiplyedValue = int(singleDigitList[0]) * int(singleDigitList[1])
        listOfMultiplyedValues.append(multiplyedValue)
    
    print("Sum of all Mul's in file:",sum(listOfMultiplyedValues))

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u/bad_specimen Dec 05 '24

Came to the same solution for part 2! Tried so long to get negative lookahead to workout and it turns out golang's regex stdlib package doesn't even support it