Day 6 - Advent of Code 2022

day_6.py

import time

from utils import get_inputs
from collections import Counter

def part_one():
    input = get_inputs(puzzle_day=6)
    buffer_size = 4
    for i in range(len(input) - buffer_size + 1):
        _string = (input[i: i + buffer_size])
        _counter = Counter(_string)
        if len(_counter) == buffer_size:
            return i + buffer_size


def part_two():
    input = get_inputs(puzzle_day=6)
    buffer_size = 14
    for i in range(len(input) - buffer_size + 1):
        _string = (input[i: i + buffer_size])
        _counter = Counter(_string)
        if len(_counter) == buffer_size:
            return i + buffer_size


if __name__ == '__main__':
    start = time.perf_counter()
    print(part_one())
    print(part_two())
    end = time.perf_counter()
    print(f"Time to complete = {str((end - start) * 1000)} milliseconds.")