day 1 and day 2 edits, day 1 part 2

2018/day-1/python/main.py

@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
-import os, sys, pyperclip
+import os, sys, pyperclip, itertools, time
 
+t1 = time.time()
 path = os.path.join(sys.path[0], '..', 'input')
 data = open(path, 'r').read()
-data = map(int, data.split('\n'))
-data = sum(data)
+data = list(map(int, data.split('\n')))
+# data = [+7, +7, -2, -7, -4]
+datacycle = itertools.cycle(data)
+final = sum(data) # day 1 solution
 
-print(data)
-pyperclip.copy(data)
+curfreq = 0
+i = 0
+prevfreq = set()
+searching = True
+while searching:
+    i += 1
+    curfreq += next(datacycle)
+    if curfreq in prevfreq:
+        searching = False
+        break
+    prevfreq.add(curfreq)
+t2 = time.time()
+
+print("Calculation completed in {}ms".format( round((t2 - t1) * 1000, 2) ))
+print("Final Frequency: {}".format(final))
+print("Frequency {} repeated after {} iterations.".format(curfreq, i))

2018/day-2/python/main.py

@@ -5,9 +5,20 @@ def count(string):
 
 path = os.path.join(sys.path[0], '..', 'input')
 data = open(path, 'r').read().split('\n')
-data = sum(map(count, data), [])
-two, three = data.count(2), data.count(3)
+sums = sum(map(count, data), [])
+two, three = sums.count(2), sums.count(3)
 
 answer = two * three
 print("{} x {} = {}".format(two, three, answer))
-pyperclip.copy(answer)
+pyperclip.copy(answer)
+
+try:
+    for id1 in data:
+        for id2 in data:
+            diff = [i for i in range(len(id1)) if id1[i] != id2[i]]
+            if len(diff) == 1:
+                e = [id1[i] for i in range(len(id1)) if i not in diff]
+                print(''.join(e))
+                raise Exception()
+except:
+    pass