#!/usr/bin/env python # 2023 - Advent Of Code 8 # file = 'input_example.txt' file = 'input.txt' # pylint: disable=consider-using-with input_lines = [line.strip('\n') for line in open(file, encoding="utf-8")] directions = input_lines[0] print(directions) nodes = {} for l in input_lines[2:]: k, v = l.split(' = ') nodes[k] = v[1:-1].split(', ') cur_node = 'AAA' count = 0 while cur_node != 'ZZZ': # print(cur_node) if directions[count % len(directions)] == 'L': cur_node = nodes[cur_node][0] elif directions[count % len(directions)] == 'R': cur_node = nodes[cur_node][1] count += 1 print(count)