Initial advent of code (2021 06,07,08)

2021/07/day7_initial.py

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+with open("input.txt", 'r') as f:
+    data = f.readlines()
+    data = list(map(int, data[0].strip().split(",")))
+
+def crabMove(crab, pos):
+    difference = abs(pos - crab)
+    # return difference
+    return (difference*(difference+1))/2
+
+bestPos = 0
+bestFuel = 1000000000
+for i in range(min(data), max(data)):
+    fuelCost = 0
+    for crab in data:
+        fuelCost += crabMove(crab, i)
+    if fuelCost < bestFuel:
+        bestFuel = fuelCost
+        bestPos = i
+
+print(bestFuel)