Poetry stuff.

src/holt59/aoc/2022/day5.py

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+import copy
+import sys
+
+blocks_s, moves_s = (part.splitlines() for part in sys.stdin.read().split("\n\n"))
+
+blocks: dict[str, list[str]] = {stack: [] for stack in blocks_s[-1].split()}
+
+# this codes assumes that the lines are regular, i.e., 4 characters per "crate" in the
+# form of '[X] ' (including the trailing space)
+#
+for block in blocks_s[-2::-1]:
+    for stack, index in zip(blocks, range(0, len(block), 4)):
+        crate = block[index + 1 : index + 2].strip()
+
+        if crate:
+            blocks[stack].append(crate)
+
+# part 1 - deep copy for part 2
+blocks_1 = copy.deepcopy(blocks)
+
+for move in moves_s:
+    _, count_s, _, from_, _, to_ = move.strip().split()
+
+    for _i in range(int(count_s)):
+        blocks_1[to_].append(blocks_1[from_].pop())
+
+# part 2
+blocks_2 = copy.deepcopy(blocks)
+
+for move in moves_s:
+    _, count_s, _, from_, _, to_ = move.strip().split()
+    count = int(count_s)
+
+    blocks_2[to_].extend(blocks_2[from_][-count:])
+    del blocks_2[from_][-count:]
+
+answer_1 = "".join(s[-1] for s in blocks_1.values())
+print(f"answer 1 is {answer_1}")
+
+answer_2 = "".join(s[-1] for s in blocks_2.values())
+print(f"answer 2 is {answer_2}")