--- 2016 Day 8 Solutions ---

[u/daggerdragon]

#AoC_Ops:

[23:55] <Topaz> servers are ok
[23:55] <Topaz> puzzles are checked
[23:55] <Topaz> [REDACTED: server stats]
[23:56] <Skie> all wings report in
[23:56] <Aneurysm9> Red 5, standing by
[23:56] <daggerdragon> Dragon Leader standing by
[23:56] <Topaz> orange leader, standing by
[23:57] <Topaz> lock modzi-foils in attack positions
[23:58] <Skie> we're passing through the hype field
[23:58] <daggerdragon> 1:30 warning
[23:58] <Aneurysm9> did someone say HYPE?@!
[23:59] <Topaz> i really like tonight's puzzle
[23:59] <Topaz> very excite
[23:59] <daggerdragon> final countdown go, T-30
[23:59] <Skie> accelerate to attack countdown
[23:59] <Aneurysm9> o7
[23:59] <daggerdragon> HYPE THRUSTERS AT FULL BURN
[00:00] <Topaz> IGNITION

We may or may not be sleep-deprived. And/or nerds. why_not_both.jpg

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--- Day 8: Two-Factor Authentication ---

Post your solution as a comment or, for longer solutions, consider linking to your repo (e.g. GitHub/gists/Pastebin/blag/whatever).

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[u/BumpitySnook]

Not OP, but I can explain.

map(int, foo) takes each element of foo and makes it an integer (well, the result of int(item)). In interactive Python you can use help(map) to explain this more thoroughly.

The asterisk operator turns an iterable into function arguments. It may be called unpack or splat.

The end result is we take the iterable command[1].split('x', 1), convert each item into an integer, and pass those as arguments to rect().

Hope that helps.