advent-of-code/2023-python/output/day_08.py

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import re
from math import lcm
from output import answer
n = 8
title = "Haunted Wasteland"
@answer(1, "One can reach Z in {} steps")
def part_1(presolved):
steps, _ = presolved
return steps
@answer(2, "Ghost path takes {} steps before all ghosts are at a Z positon")
def part_2(presolved):
_, ghost_meet_point = presolved
return ghost_meet_point
def presolve(data):
d, els = data.split("\n\n")
r = len(d)
e = dict()
for el in els.splitlines():
k, *lr = re.match(r"(\w+) = \((\w+), (\w+)\)", el).groups()
e[k] = lr
p1 = 0
pos = "AAA"
while pos != "ZZZ":
i = 0 if d[p1 % r] == "L" else 1
pos = e[pos][i]
p1 += 1
p2 = 0
z = list()
for spos in [p for p in e.keys() if p.endswith("A")]:
s = 0
pos = spos
while not pos.endswith("Z"):
i = 0 if d[s % r] == "L" else 1
pos = e[pos][i]
s += 1
z.append(s)
p2 = lcm(*z)
return p1, p2
if __name__ == "__main__":
with open(f"./input/08.txt", "r") as f:
inp = f.read().strip()
inp = presolve(inp)
a = part_1(inp)
b = part_2(inp)
assert a == 17141
assert b == 10818234074807