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adventofcode/2024/05/puzzle2.py

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from puzzle1 import *
verbose = False
def swap(lst, idx_a, idx_b):
temp = lst[idx_a]
lst[idx_a] = lst[idx_b]
lst[idx_b] = temp
def fix_update(update, rules):
"""Fixes update according to rules by reference."""
# Allow the loop to be restared after a fix.
i = 0
swap_free = False
while not swap_free:
swap_free = True
for rule in rules:
lhs, rhs = rule
if not lhs in update or not rhs in update:
continue
idx_lhs, idx_rhs = update.index(lhs), update.index(rhs)
if idx_lhs > idx_rhs:
if verbose:
print(f"swapping as {lhs} < {rhs}")
swap(update, idx_lhs, idx_rhs)
swap_free = False
if __name__ == "__main__":
rules, updates = load_input()
middle_sum = 0
# Let's assume numbers can only occur once (although the checker does not
# make this assumption), and every update CAN be fixed.
for idx, update in enumerate(updates):
if verbose:
print(f"{idx:5d}/{len(updates)}:", update)
if is_update_legal(update, rules):
if verbose:
print(update, " is legal")
else:
if verbose:
print(update, " is illegal")
fix_update(update, rules)
middle_sum += middle_page_num(update)
print(f"The sum of middle page numbers of legal updates is {middle_sum}.")