Completed Day 3 Part 2 | Advent Of Code

Author: 0xShun

ChristmasBreak_Challenges/3AOCpt2.py

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+import string
+
+## This is part of the Adven Of Code challenge Day 3
+
+letters = string.ascii_letters
+
+rucksacks = []
+badges = []
+
+group = []
+
+badge_priority = []
+
+with open("./input.txt", "r") as f:
+    for i in f:
+        removedNewline = i.replace("\n", "")
+        rucksacks.append(removedNewline)
+sample = ["vJrwpWtwJgWrhcsFMMfFFhFp", "jqHRNqRjqzjGDLGLrsFMfFZSrLrFZsSL", "PmmdzqPrVvPwwTWBwg", "wMqvLMZHhHMvwLHjbvcjnnSBnvTQFn", "ttgJtRGJQctTZtZT", "CrZsJsPPZsGzwwsLwLmpwMDw"]
+
+
+
+
+def getCommonBadge():
+    for i in group[0]:
+        if i in group[1]:
+            if i in group[2]:
+                return i
+        else:
+            continue
+    
+
+def findGroup(array):
+    counter = 0
+    while counter < len(array):
+        # get the first 3 lines
+        for j in range(len(array)):
+            group.append(array[counter])
+            counter += 1
+            if counter % 3 == 0:
+                break
+
+        groupCommonBadge = getCommonBadge()
+        print(groupCommonBadge)
+        badge_priority.append(letters.index(groupCommonBadge)+1)
+        group.clear()
+    
+    
+
+    
+
+
+
+findGroup(rucksacks)
+print(sum(badge_priority))
+