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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# 2022 - Advent Of Code 5 part 2
+
+# file = 'input_example.txt'
+file = 'input.txt'
+
+parsed_stack = []
+num_crates = 0  # num crates by line
+moves = []
+with open(file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    while True:
+        line = f.readline()
+        if line[1] == '1':
+            break
+        num_crates = int(len(line)/4)
+        crates = []
+        for crate in range(0, num_crates):
+            letter = line[1 + crate * 4]
+            crates.append(letter)
+        parsed_stack.append(crates)
+    line = f.readline()
+    for line in f.readlines():
+        split = line.strip().split(' ')
+        moves.append((int(split[1]), int(split[3]), int(split[5])))
+
+print(f'moves: {moves}')
+print(f'num crates by line: {num_crates}')
+# print(parsed_stack)
+print(f'init stack height: {len(parsed_stack)}')
+stacks = []
+
+for s in range(0, num_crates):
+    stack = []
+    for h in range(len(parsed_stack)-1, -1, -1):
+        if parsed_stack[h][s] == ' ':
+            break
+        stack.append(parsed_stack[h][s])
+    stacks.append(stack)
+
+for s in stacks:
+    print(s)
+
+for move in moves:
+    num_move = move[0]
+    from_stack = stacks[move[1] - 1]
+    dest_stack = stacks[move[2] - 1]
+    dest_stack.extend(from_stack[-num_move:])
+    del from_stack[-num_move:]
+
+print(stacks)
+result = ''.join([s[-1] for s in stacks])
+print(result)