# PART 1 def naive_react(pol): for i in range(len(pol) - 1): if pol[i].lower() == pol[i + 1].lower() and pol[i] != pol[i + 1]: print("Naive react says: More reacting is possible.") def react(pol): while True: i = 0 while i < len(pol) - 1: pol_cur, pol_next = pol[i], pol[i + 1] if pol_cur.lower() == pol_next.lower() and pol_cur != pol_next: del pol[i] del pol[i] i = max(0, i - 1) else: i += 1 else: return # def react(pol): # start = 0 # while True: # i = start # while i < len(pol) - 1: # if pol[i].lower() == pol[i+1].lower() and pol[i] != pol[i+1]: # del pol[i] # del pol[i] # start = max(0, start - 1) # break # elif i == start + 1: # start = i # i += 1 # else: # return def result(pol): l = pol.copy() # print("".join(l)) react(l) # print("->", "".join(l)) naive_react(l) return len(l) # PART 2 def removable_chars(pol): return set(c.lower() for c in pol) def remove(pol, char): return [c for c in pol if c.lower() != char.lower()] def find_obstructing(pol): results = [] chars = removable_chars(pol) for c in sorted(chars): l = remove(pol, c) n = result(l) # print("Removed", c, "-> length", n) results.append(n) return min(results) def solve(inputstr): pols = [list(line) for line in inputstr.splitlines()] for pol in pols: length = result(pol) print(f"Part 1: {length}") best_result = find_obstructing(pol) print(f"Part 2: {best_result}")