Day 6 - Advent of Code 2016
Working solutions for the day 6 puzzles.
Part One
""" day_06_01.py """
# usage: python3 day_06_01.py < input
data = {}
while True:
try:
line = input()
except EOFError:
break
for pos, character in enumerate(line):
distribution = data.get(pos, {})
distribution[character] = distribution.get(character, 0) + 1
data[pos] = distribution
message = ''
for distribution in data.values():
message += max(distribution.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])[0]
print(message)
Part Two
""" day_06_02.py """
# usage: python3 day_06_02.py < input
data = {}
while True:
try:
line = input()
except EOFError:
break
for pos, character in enumerate(line):
distribution = data.get(pos, {})
distribution[character] = distribution.get(character, 0) + 1
data[pos] = distribution
message = ''
for distribution in data.values():
message += min(distribution.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])[0]
print(message)