2023 day 6 part 2 solved

2023/6.py

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 from math import pow, ceil, floor
 
-lines = [l.split() for l in open("input.txt", 'r').read().splitlines()]
-races = [(int(lines[0][i]), int(lines[1][i])) for i in range(1,len(lines[0]))]
+lines = open("input.txt", 'r').read().splitlines()
+cols = [l.split() for l in lines]
+races = [(int(cols[0][i]), int(cols[1][i])) for i in range(1,len(cols[0]))]
 #[(time, record)]
+realRace = (int(lines[0].split(": ")[1].replace(" ","")), int(lines[1].split(": ")[1].replace(" ","")))
+
+print(realRace)
 
 #d = t * v
 #charge + t = time
@@ -13,12 +17,16 @@ races = [(int(lines[0][i]), int(lines[1][i])) for i in range(1,len(lines[0]))]
 
 summa = 1
 
-for race in races:
+def findWays(race):
     a = -1
     b = race[0]
     c = -race[1]
     rangeStart = floor((-b + pow((pow(b,2)-(4*a*c)),0.5)) / (2*a)) + 1
     rangeEnd = ceil((-b - pow((pow(b,2)-(4*a*c)),0.5)) / (2*a)) - 1
-    summa *= (rangeEnd-rangeStart+1)
+    return rangeEnd-rangeStart+1
+
+for r in races:
+    summa *= findWays(r)
 
-print(summa)
+print(summa)
+print(findWays(realRace))