Minor Day 6 update

day6-1.py

 # ---------
 
 DEBUG=True
+HEADER_LEN = 4
 
 # ----------------
 # helper functions
 
     for i in range(inlen):
         lets = []
-        for j in range(4):
+        for j in range(HEADER_LEN):
             clet = intext[i+j]
             lets.append(clet)
 
-        if len(set(lets)) != 4:
-            print(f"Non-unique: {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+4}")
+        if len(set(lets)) != HEADER_LEN:
+            print(f"Non-unique: {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+HEADER_LEN}")
         else:
-            print(f"Unique! {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+4}")
+            print(f"Unique! {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+HEADER_LEN}")
             break
 
 # --------------

day6-2.py

 # ---------
 
 DEBUG=True
+HEADER_LEN = 14
 
 # ----------------
 # helper functions
 
     for i in range(inlen):
         lets = []
-        for j in range(14):
+        for j in range(HEADER_LEN):
             clet = intext[i+j]
             lets.append(clet)
 
-        if len(set(lets)) != 14:
-            print(f"Non-unique: {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+14}")
+        if len(set(lets)) != HEADER_LEN:
+            print(f"Non-unique: {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+HEADER_LEN}")
         else:
-            print(f"Unique! {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+14}")
+            print(f"Unique! {''.join(lets)} in {i+1}-{i+HEADER_LEN}")
             break
 
 # --------------

day7-1.py

+# -------
+# imports
+# -------
+from string import ascii_letters
+
+# ---------
+# constants
+# ---------
+
+DEBUG=True
+
+# ----------------
+# helper functions
+# ----------------
+
+def debug(*args):
+    if DEBUG:
+        print(args)
+
+# -------------
+# main function
+# -------------
+
+def main():
+    with open("input7.txt", "r") as file:
+        intext = file.read()
+
+
+# --------------
+# run the script
+# --------------
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()