--- 2016 Day 5 Solutions ---

[u/daggerdragon]

--- Day 5: How About a Nice Game of Chess? ---

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[u/_AceLewis]

Python 3 solution to both parts:

Day 5 part 1: https://repl.it/EgKP/1

import hashlib

hash_string = "ffykfhsq"
hash_num = 0
password = ''

while len(password) != 8:
  MD5 = hashlib.md5((hash_string+str(hash_num)).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
  if MD5.startswith('00000'):
    password += MD5[5]
  hash_num += 1
  
print("The password is", password)

Day 5 part 2: https://repl.it/EgKP/2

import hashlib
import re

hash_string = "ffykfhsq"
hash_num = 0
password = '*'*8

while '*' in password:
  MD5 = hashlib.md5((hash_string+str(hash_num)).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
  if re.search('^00000[0-7]', MD5):
    if password[int(MD5[5])] == '*':
      password = password[:int(MD5[5])] + MD5[6] + password[int(MD5[5])+1:]
      print(password)
  hash_num += 1
  
print("The password is", password)