initial commit on day 9

2/1.py

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+def validate(password, rule, letter):
+    count = password.count(letter[0])
+    mi, ma = rule.split("-")
+    if count >= int(mi) and count <= int(ma):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+count = 0
+with open("input") as f:
+    for passline in f:
+        rule, letter, password = passline.split(" ")
+        if validate(password, rule, letter):
+            count = count + 1
+
+print(count)

2/2.py

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+def validate(password, rule, letter):
+    p1, p2 = rule.split("-")
+    p1 = int(p1) - 1
+    p2 = int(p2) - 1
+    if (password[p1] == letter[0]) != (password[p2] == letter[0]):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+count = 0
+with open("input") as f:
+    for passline in f:
+        rule, letter, password = passline.split(" ")
+        if validate(password, rule, letter):
+            count = count + 1
+
+print(count)