Add solution to 2025-12-04

Author: fuglede

2025/day04/solutions.py

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+with open("input") as f:
+    ls = f.read().strip().split("\n")
+
+paper = {i + 1j * j for i, l in enumerate(ls) for j, c in enumerate(l) if c == "@"}
+
+
+octdir = {1, 1j, -1, -1j, 1 + 1j, 1 - 1j, -1 + 1j, -1 - 1j}
+
+removed = []
+while to_remove := {x for x in paper if len({x + d for d in octdir} & paper) < 4}:
+    removed.append(len(to_remove))
+    paper -= to_remove
+
+# Part 1
+print(removed[0])
+
+# Part 2
+print(sum(removed))