AdventOfCode/2018/day5.py

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Python

import string
with open("input5.txt") as f:
line = f.read().rstrip()
def react(line):
while True:
previous_length = len(line)
for letter in string.ascii_lowercase:
bi1 = letter + chr(ord(letter) ^ 0x20)
bi2 = bi1[::-1]
line = line.replace(bi1, "")
line = line.replace(bi2, "")
if len(line) == previous_length:
return line
print(len(react(line)))
print(min(
len(react(line.replace(letter, "").replace(chr(ord(letter) ^ 0x20), "")))
for letter in string.ascii_letters
))