(update) day 3 part 1

2025/03/main.py

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+#!/bin/env python3
+
+
+def turn_on_batteries(series: str, amount: int) -> list:
+    batteries = list(series.strip())
+    batteries.sort(reverse=True)
+    highest = batteries[0]
+
+    if series.strip().__len__() == series.strip().index(highest) + 1:
+        highest = batteries[1]
+
+    highest_at = series.strip().index(highest)
+    for battery in batteries:
+        occurances = [
+            i for i, x in enumerate(series.strip()) if x == battery and i > highest_at
+        ]
+        # print(battery, occurances)
+        if occurances.__len__() == 0:
+            continue
+        second_highest = battery
+        break
+    return [highest, second_highest]
+
+
+with open("example", "+r") as file:
+    result = 0
+    for line in file.readlines():
+        batteries = turn_on_batteries(line, 2)
+        print(line.strip(), batteries)
+        result = result + int("".join(batteries))
+
+    print("result:", result)