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+# This demonstrates classic dynamic programming and prioritizes explainability.
+# Of course all of this would have been cleaner and would perform the same if
+# we were to use recursion with memoization (e.g. @memoize.cache)
+import sys
+import collections
+import dataclasses
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Entry:
+    working: int
+    broken: int
+    def total(self):
+        return self.working + self.broken
+
+def no_dot_between(l, start, end):
+    return not any(c for c in l[start+1 : end] if c == ".")
+
+def process(springs, counts):
+    # entries[(i,j)] = how many ways if we have only first i springs and j nums,
+    # given if that one was chosen to be working or no.
+    entries = collections.defaultdict(lambda: Entry(working=0, broken=0))
+    
+    # boundary conditions, when there's no spring and no count left
+    entries[(-1, -1)] = Entry(working=1, broken=0)
+    # boundary conditions, when there's no count left but still springs
+    for i in range(len(springs)):
+        entries[(i, -1)] = Entry(
+            working=(entries[(i - 1, -1)].working
+                     if springs[i] in (".", "?")
+                     else 0),
+            broken=0)
+    
+    # building the rest of the table
+    for i in range(len(springs)):
+        for j in range(len(counts)):
+            prev_entry_if_working = entries[(i - 1, j)]
+            prev_working_entry_if_broken = (
+                entries[(i - counts[j], j - 1)].working
+                if no_dot_between(springs, i-counts[j], i)
+                else 0)
+
+            if springs[i] == ".":                
+                entries[(i, j)] = Entry(
+                    working=(prev_entry_if_working.working +
+                             prev_entry_if_working.broken),
+                    broken=0)
+
+            elif springs[i] == "#":
+                entries[(i, j)] = Entry(
+                    working=0,
+                    broken=prev_working_entry_if_broken)
+                
+            elif springs[i] == '?':
+                entries[(i, j)] = Entry(
+                    working=(prev_entry_if_working.working +
+                             prev_entry_if_working.broken),
+                    broken=prev_working_entry_if_broken)
+            
+            # import code; code.interact(
+            #     local=locals(),
+            #     banner=(f"springs[{i}]={springs[i]}, counts[{j}]={counts[j]} "
+            #             f".={prev_entry_if_working}, "
+            #             f"#={prev_working_entry_if_broken}\n"
+            #             f"--> ({i}, {j}) = {entries[(i, j)]}"),
+            #     exitmsg='')
+            
+    return entries[(len(springs) - 1, len(counts) - 1)].total()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    with open(sys.argv[1], "rt") as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    total = 0
+    for line in lines:
+        springs, counts = line.strip().split(" ")
+        counts = [int(c) for c in counts.split(",")]
+
+        # delete these next 2 lines to have part 1 back
+        springs = "?".join([springs]*5)
+        counts = counts*5
+        n = process(springs, counts)
+        # print(f"{n} <-- {springs}-{counts}")
+        total += n
+    print(f"total = {total}")