day 06

06/part01.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import re
+import argparse
+
+
+def load_file(filename):
+    with open(filename) as f:
+        for line in f:
+            yield line.strip()
+    return line
+
+def find_max_char(data):
+    letters = set(data)
+    letter_max = 0
+    letter = None
+    for l in letters:
+        count = data.count(l)
+        if count > letter_max:
+            letter_max = count
+            letter = l
+
+    return letter
+
+def main(args):
+    MESSAGE = ""
+    lines = []
+    for LINE in load_file(args.input):
+        lines.append(LINE)
+
+    for p in range(len(lines[0])):
+        token = "".join([x[p] for x in lines])
+        MESSAGE = "{}{}".format(MESSAGE, find_max_char(token))
+
+    print(MESSAGE)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='AdventOfCode 2016 Day 01')
+    parser.add_argument('--input', '-i', action='store',  required=True, help='input file')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(args)