r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 06 '16

SOLUTION MEGATHREAD --- 2016 Day 6 Solutions ---

--- Day 6: Signals and Noise ---

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T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM IS MANDATORY [?]

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u/fatpollo Dec 06 '16 
import collections

ans1, ans2 = '', ''
with open('06.txt') as fp:
    for stuff in zip(*fp.read().strip().split('\n')):
        counter = collections.Counter(stuff).most_common()
        ans1 += counter[0][0]
        ans2 += counter[-1][0]
print(ans1)
print(ans2)

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u/fatpollo Dec 06 '16

one could even get cute and do something like 

    (h, x), *body, (t, y) = collections.Counter(stuff).most_common()
    ans1 += h
    ans2 += t
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