#!/usr/bin/env python3 # https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/6 def get_lines(filename: str) -> list: with open(filename, "r") as file: return [line.strip() for line in file.readlines()] def get_lab(lines: list) -> tuple: lab = [] g_row = 0 g_col = 0 for row_num, row_content in enumerate(lines): row = [] for col_num, cell_content in enumerate(row_content): if cell_content == "^": g_row, g_col = row_num, col_num row.append('.') else: row.append(cell_content) lab.append(row) return lab, g_row, g_col def next_position(row: int, col: int, direction: int) -> tuple: deltas = [(-1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 0), (0, -1)] delta_row, delta_col = deltas[direction] new_row = row + delta_row new_col = col + delta_col return new_row, new_col def pos_invalid(row, col, max_row, max_col) -> bool: if 0 <= row <= max_row and 0 <= col <= max_col: return False return True def get_visits(lab: list, g_row: int, g_col: int) -> int: visits = {} g_dir = 0 max_row = len(lab) - 1 max_col = len(lab[0]) - 1 while True: new_row, new_col = next_position(g_row, g_col, g_dir) visits[g_row, g_col] = True if pos_invalid(new_row, new_col, max_row, max_col): return len(visits) elif lab[new_row][new_col] == "#": g_dir = (g_dir + 1) % 4 else: g_row = new_row g_col = new_col def main(): # lines = get_lines("sample-input.txt") lines = get_lines("input.txt") lab, g_row, g_col = get_lab(lines) visits = get_visits(lab, g_row, g_col) print("Part 1: Visited positions:", visits) if __name__ == '__main__': main()