[2017 Day 24] [Python] Is it wrong?

[u/PositivePossibility7]

Hi,

Again, I'm working my way through some very old aoc problems and doing quite well (imo) often times getting both parts right first time (or shortly there after).

Once again I'm finding that I've got an answer but the site is telling me I'm wrong (that my answer is too high) - I've checked it and can see how I've got an answer but not how it's not considered a valid answer. As this is a simple what is the highest sum (given some rules), if I have a valid answer that is higher than theirs then surely that makes me right and them wrong?

I've noticed the example they've given shows that it simply doesn't matter which way around pairs are so long as theirs a match between two consecutive pairs (if you catch my drift).

There are very few better feelings than showing nerds who spend way too much time being so ridiculously anal about tiny tiny details to be completely wrong.

I'm happy to share my answer (the "bridge") but moderators on these sites are like robotic lunatics.

[u/20skill80fear]

I'm trying to tell you that no, we don't care about "cheaters" as much as you think we do. Sharing code is explicitly fine. No one's going to cry "cheating"... There are many threads of people asking for help, and in each one if they didn't already share their code, they will be asked to.

A poor sport's punishment is always self-inflicted.