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adventofcode/2024/4/puzzle1.py

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import itertools
def scan_line(line):
to_find = "XMAS"
return line.count(to_find)
def transpose(list_2d):
outlist = []
for j in range(max(map(len, list_2d))):
outlist.append([])
for i in range(len(list_2d)):
# TODO: This is a weird edge case.
if j < len(list_2d[i]):
outlist[j].append(list_2d[i][j])
outlist[j] = "".join(outlist[j])
return outlist
def rotate(list_2d):
x_max, y_max = len(list_2d), len(list_2d[0])
diagonal_list = []
# Diagonals starting from (0,0), for the first row.
for i in range(x_max):
substring = ""
x = i
y = 0
while x < x_max and y < y_max:
#print(x, x_max, y, y_max)
substring += list_2d[x][y]
x += 1
y += 1
diagonal_list.append(substring)
# Reverse
diagonal_list = diagonal_list[::-1]
# Diagonals starting from (0,1), for the first column.
for j in range(1, y_max):
substring = ""
x = 0
y = j
while x < x_max and y < len(list_2d[x]):
substring += list_2d[x][y]
x += 1
y += 1
diagonal_list.append(substring)
return diagonal_list
if __name__ == "__main__":
result = 0
with open("input", "r") as fp:
# Skip last line as it is empty
full_string = fp.read().split("\n")[:-1]
for line in full_string:
result += scan_line(line)
result += scan_line(line[::-1])
for line in transpose(full_string):
result += scan_line(line)
result += scan_line(line[::-1])
diagonal_list = rotate(full_string)
for line in full_string:
result += scan_line(line)
result += scan_line(line[::-1])
# TODO: Transposion after rotating is ill-defined.
for line in transpose(rotate(full_string)):
result += scan_line(line)
result += scan_line(line[::-1])
#transposed_file =
print(f"The sum of all horizontal XMAS's equals {result}.")