advent-of-code/2023/d08/ex2/ex2.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python
import itertools
import math
import sys
Graph = dict[str, list[str]]
def solve(input: list[str]) -> int:
def parse_graph(input: list[str]) -> Graph:
res: Graph = {}
for line in input:
start, dests = line.split(" = ")
res[start] = dests[1:-1].split(", ")
return res
def parse(input: list[str]) -> tuple[str, Graph]:
return input[0], parse_graph(input[2:])
def navigate(directions: str, graph: Graph, start: str) -> int:
pos = start
i = 0
for dir in itertools.cycle(directions):
if pos[-1] == "Z":
break
pos = graph[pos][0 if dir == "L" else 1]
i += 1
return i
directions, graph = parse(input)
starts = set(node for node in graph if node[-1] == "A")
steps = {navigate(directions, graph, n) for n in starts}
return math.lcm(*steps)
def main() -> None:
input = sys.stdin.read().splitlines()
print(solve(input))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()