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AoC/2021/Day-03/day3-1.py

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#!/usr/bin/python3
# Variables to hold our totals.
gamma = ''
epsilon = ''
# Read in the input file. Split the file up into an array.
values = []
with open('input.txt', 'r') as inputFile:
for line in inputFile:
values.append(line.strip('\n'))
# Add up all the 1 values for each bit, then use the length of the array to calculate the most common bit.
for i in range(0, len(values[0])):
currentBitCount = 0
for value in values:
currentBitCount = currentBitCount + int(value[i])
if((len(values) - currentBitCount) < currentBitCount):
gamma = gamma + '1'
epsilon = epsilon + '0'
elif((len(values) - currentBitCount) > currentBitCount):
gamma = gamma + '0'
epsilon = epsilon + '1'
# Convert the binary strings to decimal ints.
gammaInt = int(gamma, 2)
epsilonInt = int(epsilon, 2)
# Print results.
print("Gamma is " + str(gamma) + " (" + str(gammaInt) + ")")
print("Epsilon is " + str(epsilon) + " (" + str(epsilonInt) + ")")
print("Gamma multiplied by Epsilon is: " + str(gammaInt * epsilonInt))