advent_of_code/2022/6/6.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# 2022 - Advent Of Code 6
# file = 'input_example.txt'
file = 'input.txt'
previous = []
count = 0
with open(file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
signal = f.readline().strip()
for c in signal:
count += 1
if c in previous:
pos = previous.index(c)
# print(f'[{count}]{c} already found at {pos}')
previous = previous[pos+1:]
elif len(previous) == 3:
print(f'start of signal found at position {count}')
break
previous.append(c)