aoc2025/bob/day07/day07-p1.py

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def read_input(filename):
sheet = []
for line in open(filename).read().splitlines():
sheet.append(list(line))
return sheet
# filename = "day07/example_input" # 21
filename = "day07/input" # 1560
sheet = read_input(filename)
splits = 0
for y in range(0,len(sheet)-1): # skip last line
for x in range(0,len(sheet[y])):
if sheet[y][x] == "S" or sheet[y][x] == "|":
# Shoot ray down
if sheet[y+1][x] == "^": # split
sheet[y+1][x+1] = "|"
sheet[y+1][x-1] = "|"
splits += 1
else:
sheet[y+1][x] = "|"
print(f"Total number of splits: {splits}")