day2 part2 BRUTE FORCE YOLO

2024/python/day02.py

@@ -10,17 +10,14 @@ def is_decreasing(sequence):
     return all(sequence[i] > sequence[i+1] for i in range(len(sequence) - 1))
 
 def parse_line(row):
-    diffs = []
     for previous, current in zip(row, row[1:]):
-        diff = current - previous
+        diff = abs(current - previous)
-        diffs.append(diff)
-        diff = abs(diff)
         if diff >= 1 and diff <= 3:
             continue
-        return 0, diffs
+        return 0
     if not(is_increasing(row) or is_decreasing(row)):
-        return 0, diffs
+        return 0
-    return 1, diffs
+    return 1
 
 
 # @shared.profile
@@ -28,29 +25,29 @@ def part1(rows):
     rows = [list(map(int, row.split())) for row in rows]
     safe = 0
     for row in rows:
-        check, _ = parse_line(row)
+        safe += parse_line(row)
-        safe += check
     print(safe)
 
-def remove_tolerance(row, diffs):
+
-    mdiff = max(map(abs, diffs))
+def brute_force(row):
-    try:
+    check = parse_line(row)
-        idx = diffs.index(mdiff)
+    if check == 1:
-    except ValueError:
+        return 1
-        idx = diffs.index(-1 * mdiff)
+    for x in range(len(row)):
-    row.pop(idx)
+        new_row = row[:x] + row[x+1:]
-    return row
+        check = parse_line(new_row)
+        if check == 1:
+            return 1
+    return 0
+
+
 
 # @shared.profile
 def part2(rows):
     rows = [list(map(int, row.split())) for row in rows]
     safe = 0
     for row in rows:
-        check, diffs = parse_line(row)
+        safe += brute_force(row)
-        if check == 0:
-            row = remove_tolerance(row, diffs)
-            check, _ = parse_line(row)
-        safe += check
     print(safe)
 
 
@@ -63,7 +60,6 @@ def main():
     rows = [row for row in shared.load_rows(2, True)]
     with shared.elapsed_timer() as elapsed:
         part2(rows)
-        print(706, 754)
         print("🕒", elapsed())