Completed day 4

2022/Day-04/day04-1.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+fullOverlaps = 0
+
+# For each line in the input file, construct a list of all sections to be cleaned.
+with open('input.txt', 'r') as inputFile:
+    for line in inputFile:
+        instructions = line.strip().split(',')
+        startStop = []
+        for group in instructions:
+            sublist = []
+            sublist.append(int(group.split('-')[0]))
+            sublist.append(int(group.split('-')[1]))
+            startStop.append(sublist)
+
+        groups = [list(range(startStop[0][0], startStop[0][1] + 1)), list(range(startStop[1][0], startStop[1][1] + 1))]
+
+        # Check if the lists are sublists of each other.
+        if(set(groups[0]) <= set(groups[1]) or set(groups[1]) <= set(groups[0])):
+            fullOverlaps += 1
+
+# Print the answer.
+print(fullOverlaps)

2022/Day-04/day04-2.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+overlaps = 0
+
+# For each line in the input file, construct a list of all sections to be cleaned.
+with open('input.txt', 'r') as inputFile:
+    for line in inputFile:
+        instructions = line.strip().split(',')
+        startStop = []
+        for group in instructions:
+            sublist = []
+            sublist.append(int(group.split('-')[0]))
+            sublist.append(int(group.split('-')[1]))
+            startStop.append(sublist)
+
+        groups = [list(range(startStop[0][0], startStop[0][1] + 1)), list(range(startStop[1][0], startStop[1][1] + 1))]
+
+        # Check if the lists share any elements.
+        if(len(set(groups[0]).intersection(set(groups[1]))) > 0):
+            overlaps += 1
+
+# Print the answer.
+print(overlaps)