day 3: Remove Counter dependency

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/3.py b/3.py
index 2eed1b7..fdfe203 100644
--- a/3.py
+++ b/3.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Generator
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from collections import Counter
 
 Bits = tuple[bool, ...]
 Input = list[Bits]
@@ -10,10 +9,12 @@ def column(rows: Iterable[Bits], n: int) -> Generator[bool, None, None]:
         yield row[n]
 
 def most_common(bits: Iterable[bool]) -> bool:
-    freqs: list[tuple[bool, int]] = Counter(bits).most_common()
-    if len(freqs) > 1 and freqs[0][1] == freqs[1][1]:
-        return True
-    return freqs[0][0]
+    count1: int = 0
+    length: int = 0
+    for b in bits:
+        if b: count1 += 1
+        length += 1
+    return count1 >= length - count1
 
 def bits_to_int(bits: Bits) -> int:
     ret: int = 0