Finished on 2023-12-08 p2

2023/day8/part2.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import sys
 from pprint import pprint 
 from collections import Counter
 import numpy as np
+from math import lcm
 
 input_f  = sys.argv[1]
 
@@ -12,53 +13,31 @@ def pp(x):
     for i in x:
         print(nodes[i].value,nodes[i].left,nodes[i].right)
 
-
-
 d, *maps = open(input_f).read().split('\n')
 
-
 class Node():
     def __init__(self,value,left,right):
         self.value = value
         self.left = left
         self.right = right
 
-s = []
-l = []
-r = []
-
-maps = maps
-
 nodes = {}
 
 for i in maps:
     if i == '':
         continue
-    s = i[:3]
-    l = i[7:10]
-    r = i[12:15]
-    nodes[s] = Node(s,l,r)
+    nodes[i[:3]] = Node(i[:3],i[7:10],i[12:15])
 
 current = 'AAA'
 steps = 0
 count = 0
-try:
-    while current != 'ZZZ':
+while current != 'ZZZ':
     steps += 1
     current = nodes[current].left if d[count%len(d)] == 'L' else nodes[current].right
     count += 1
-    print(steps)
-except:
-    print()
+print('Part 1: ',end='')
+print(steps)
 
-def done(x):
-    print(x)
-    for i in x:
-        if not i.endswith('Z'):
-            return False
-    return True
-
-pp(nodes)
 
 current = []
 for i in nodes:
@@ -66,15 +45,14 @@ for i in nodes:
         current.append(i)
 count = 0
 steps = 0
-while not done(current):
+total_s = []
+for i in current:
+    count = 0
+    steps = 0
+    while not i.endswith('Z'):
         steps += 1
-    for i in range(len(current)):
-        if d[count%len(d)] == 'L':
-            #print("Going left from " + str(current[i]) + " to " + str(nodes[current[i]].left))
-            current[i] = nodes[current[i]].left 
-        else:
-            #print("Going right from " + str(current[i]) + " to " + str(nodes[current[i]].right))
-            current[i] = nodes[current[i]].right
+        i = nodes[i].left if d[count%len(d)] == 'L' else nodes[i].right
         count += 1
-print(steps)
-
+    total_s.append(steps)
+print("Part 2: ",end='')
+print(lcm(*total_s))