import json import sys from functools import cmp_to_key from typing import TypeAlias, cast blocks = sys.stdin.read().strip().split("\n\n") pairs = [tuple(json.loads(p) for p in block.split("\n")) for block in blocks] Packet: TypeAlias = list[int | list["Packet"]] def compare(lhs: Packet, rhs: Packet) -> int: for lhs_a, rhs_a in zip(lhs, rhs): if isinstance(lhs_a, int) and isinstance(rhs_a, int): if lhs_a != rhs_a: return rhs_a - lhs_a else: if not isinstance(lhs_a, list): lhs_a = [lhs_a] # type: ignore elif not isinstance(rhs_a, list): rhs_a = [rhs_a] # type: ignore assert isinstance(rhs_a, list) and isinstance(lhs_a, list) r = compare(cast(Packet, lhs_a), cast(Packet, rhs_a)) if r != 0: return r return len(rhs) - len(lhs) answer_1 = sum(i + 1 for i, (lhs, rhs) in enumerate(pairs) if compare(lhs, rhs) > 0) print(f"answer_1 is {answer_1}") dividers = [[[2]], [[6]]] packets = [packet for packets in pairs for packet in packets] packets.extend(dividers) packets = list(reversed(sorted(packets, key=cmp_to_key(compare)))) d_index = [packets.index(d) + 1 for d in dividers] print(f"answer 2 is {d_index[0] * d_index[1]}")