Solved 2015/11 P1+P2

2015/11/11.md

@@ -43,7 +43,21 @@ For example:
 Given Santa\'s current password (your puzzle input), what should his
 *next password* be?
 
-Your puzzle input is `hxbxwxba`{.puzzle-input}.
+Your puzzle answer was `hxbxxyzz`.
 
-Answer:
+## \-\-- Part Two \-\-- {#part2}
+
+Santa\'s password [expired
+again]{title="The corporate policy says your password expires after 12 seconds.  For security."}.
+What\'s the next one?
+
+Your puzzle answer was `hxcaabcc`.
+
+Both parts of this puzzle are complete! They provide two gold stars:
+\*\*
+
+At this point, you should [return to your Advent calendar](/2015) and
+try another puzzle.
+
+Your puzzle input was `hxbxwxba`{.puzzle-input}.
 

2015/11/input2

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hxbxxyzz

2015/11/solution.py

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/python3
-import sys,time,re
+import sys,time,re,string
 from pprint import pprint
 sys.path.insert(0, '../../')
 from fred import list2int,get_re,nprint,lprint,loadFile
 start_time = time.time()
 
-input_f = 'test'
+input_f = 'input'
 
 part = 1
 #########################################
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ part = 1
 #########################################
 
 if part == 1:
-    letters = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z']
+    letters = string.ascii_lowercase
     
     def findpairs(text):
         pattern = r"([a-zA-Z])\1"
@@ -31,29 +31,47 @@ if part == 1:
                 break
         return matches
 
+    def find3chars(text):
+        pattern = r"abc|bcd|cde|def|efg|fgh|ghi|hij|ijk|jkl|klm|lmn|mno|nop|opq|pqr|qrs|rst|stu|tuv|uvw|vwx|wxy|xyz"
+        matches = re.findall(pattern, text)
+        #print(matches)
+        if len(matches) > 0:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
     def validate(password:list):
-        valid = False
         for i in ['l','i','o']:
             if i in password:
                 return False
-        for i in range(0,len(password)-2):
-            idx = letters.index(password[i])
-            if password[i+1] == letters[idx+1] and password[i+2] == letters[idx+2]:
-                valid = True
-                #print(password[i],password[i+1],password[i+2])
+        if not find3chars(''.join(password)):
+            return False
         if len(findpairs(''.join(password))) <= 1:
             return False
-        return valid
+        return True
 
     instructions = loadFile(input_f)
-    for i in instructions:
-        i = list(i)
-        print(i)
-        if validate(i):
+    for inst in instructions:
+        print('Start',inst)
+        count = 0
+        current_word = list(inst)
+        while True:
 
-        input()
-    #print(instructions)
+            new_word = "".join(current_word)
             
+            if validate(new_word):
+                print("Word found for Part",count+1,":",new_word)
+                count += 1
+                if count == 2:
+                    break  
+
+            for i in range(len(current_word) - 1, -1, -1):
+                current_letter_index = letters.index(current_word[i])
+                
+                if current_letter_index < len(letters) - 1:
+                    current_word[i] = letters[current_letter_index + 1]
+                    current_word[i + 1:] = 'a' * (len(current_word) - i - 1)
+                    break
 
 
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