import time with open("input_day8.txt") as file: lines = [line.rstrip() for line in file] #unused bc i am so cool class seq: def __init__(self,name,left,right): self.name = name self.left = left self.right = right turns = lines[0] sequences = lines[2:] left_dict = {} right_dict = {} cur_names = [] for a in sequences: name = a.split(" ")[0] left = a.split(" ")[2][1:4] right = a.split(" ")[3][0:3] left_dict[name] = left right_dict[name] = right if name[2] == "A": cur_names.append(name) i = 0 total = 0 print(cur_names) alive = True while alive: count = 0 for j in range(len(cur_names)): if cur_names[j][2] == 'Z': count+=1 #print(cur_names[j]) #time.sleep(2) if count==6: alive = False else: for b in range(len(cur_names)): if turns[i] == 'L': #print(f"next {left_dict[cur_names[b]]}") next_node_name = left_dict[cur_names[b]] else: next_node_name = right_dict[cur_names[b]] cur_names[b] = next_node_name #time.sleep(1) i+=1 if i>=len(turns): i = 0 total+=1 print(total)