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 = {} 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 i = 0 total = 0 cur_name = "AAA" alive = True while alive: if cur_name == "ZZZ": alive = False else: if turns[i] == 'L': next_node_name = left_dict[cur_name] else: next_node_name = right_dict[cur_name] cur_name = next_node_name i+=1 if i>=len(turns): i = 0 total+=1 print(total)