def read_input(filename: str) -> list[int]: with open(filename, "r") as f: return list(int(c) for c in f.readline()[:-1]) def take_cups(cups: list[int], start: int, length: int) -> list[int]: taken_cups = [] index = start % len(cups) for _ in range(length): taken_cups.append(cups.pop(index)) index = index % len(cups) return taken_cups def put_cups(cups: list[int], start: int, target: list[int]): index = start for value in target: cups.insert(index, value) index = index + 1 def simulate(cups: list[int], moves: int): max_value = max(cups) min_value = min(cups) current_cup_label = cups[0] for _ in range(moves): taken_cups = take_cups(cups, cups.index(current_cup_label)+1, 3) destination_label = current_cup_label - 1 while destination_label not in cups: destination_label -= 1 if destination_label < min_value: destination_label = max_value destination = cups.index(destination_label) put_cups(cups, destination + 1, taken_cups) current_cup_label = cups[(cups.index(current_cup_label) + 1) % len(cups)] def part1(cups: list[int]) -> str: simulate(cups, 100) num1_index = cups.index(1) return "".join(map(str, cups[num1_index+1:])) + "".join(map(str, cups[:num1_index])) def part2(cups: list[int]) -> int: for value in range(max(cups), 1_000_000 + 1): cups.append(value) simulate(cups, 1_00) # simulate(cups, 10_000_000) num1_index = cups.index(1) star1 = cups[(num1_index + 1) % len(cups)] star2 = cups[(num1_index + 2) % len(cups)] return star1 * star2 if __name__ == "__main__": cups = read_input("test.txt") print("part1: ", part1(cups.copy())) print("part2: ", part2(cups.copy()))