trees = [] with open("input.txt", "r") as f: trees = [line[:-1] for line in f.readlines()] encounteredTrees = 0 maxRows = len(trees) maxCols = len(trees[0]) x = 0 for y in range(1, maxRows): x = (x + 3) % maxCols if (trees[y][x] == "#"): encounteredTrees += 1 print(encounteredTrees)