def run_the_magic_program(input_sequence, noun, verb):
# create a copy of input_sequence to make sure we don't change the
# original one
input_sequence_copy = input_sequence.copy()
input_sequence_copy[1] = noun
input_sequence_copy[2] = verb
command_invoker = IntcodeComputer(program=input_sequence_copy)
command_invoker.run_program()
return command_invoker.get_memory_state()[0]
def solution():
from pathlib import Path
input_file = Path(INPUT_FILE)
# parse the sequence of commands and replace two elements with values
# according to the task
program = parse_program(input_file)
program[1] = 12
program[2] = 2
# do the calculation
computer = IntcodeComputer(program=program)
computer.run_program()
result = computer.get_memory_state()
return result[0]
