Added solution file for day 6

day6part1.py

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+import re
+
+def file_to_string(file_path):
+    f = open(file_path, "r")
+    string = f.read()
+    f.close()
+    return string
+
+def split_on_empty_lines(string):
+    return re.split(r"(?:\r?\n){2,}", string.strip())
+
+def remove_newlines(splitted_string):
+    newlist = []
+    for i in splitted_string:
+        i = re.sub("\n", " ", i)
+        newlist.append(i)
+    return newlist
+
+def split_at_space(string):
+    return string.split()
+
+def find_letters(newlines_removed):
+    amount_of_yes = []
+    for i in newlines_removed:
+        list_of_strings = split_at_space(i)
+        letters_list = [None] * 26
+        for j in list_of_strings:
+            if "a" in j:
+                letters_list[0] = "Yes"
+            if "b" in j:
+                letters_list[1] = "Yes"
+            if "c" in j:
+                letters_list[2] = "Yes"
+            if "d" in j:
+                letters_list[3] = "Yes"
+            if "e" in j:
+                letters_list[4] = "Yes"
+            if "f" in j:
+                letters_list[5] = "Yes"
+            if "g" in j:
+                letters_list[6] = "Yes"
+            if "h" in j:
+                letters_list[7] = "Yes"
+            if "i" in j:
+                letters_list[8] = "Yes"
+            if "j" in j:
+                letters_list[9] = "Yes"
+            if "k" in j:
+                letters_list[10] = "Yes"
+            if "l" in j:
+                letters_list[11] = "Yes"
+            if "m" in j:
+                letters_list[12] = "Yes"
+            if "n" in j:
+                letters_list[13] = "Yes"
+            if "o" in j:
+                letters_list[14] = "Yes"
+            if "p" in j:
+                letters_list[15] = "Yes"
+            if "q" in j:
+                letters_list[16] = "Yes"
+            if "r" in j:
+                letters_list[17] = "Yes"
+            if "s" in j:
+                letters_list[18] = "Yes"
+            if "t" in j:
+                letters_list[19] = "Yes"
+            if "u" in j:
+                letters_list[20] = "Yes"
+            if "v" in j:
+                letters_list[21] = "Yes"
+            if "w" in j:
+                letters_list[22] = "Yes"
+            if "x" in j:
+                letters_list[23] = "Yes"
+            if "y" in j:
+                letters_list[24] = "Yes"
+            if "z" in j:
+                letters_list[25] = "Yes"
+        amount_of_yes.append(letters_list.count("Yes"))
+    return amount_of_yes
+
+def find_total_yes(amount_of_yes):
+    total = 0
+    for i in amount_of_yes:
+        total = total + i
+    return total
+
+string = file_to_string("day6input.txt")
+splitted_string = split_on_empty_lines(string)
+newlines_removed = remove_newlines(splitted_string)
+amount_of_yes = find_letters(newlines_removed)
+total_yes = find_total_yes(amount_of_yes)
+print(total_yes)