def parse_input(input: list[str]): l = [(x, y) for (y, line) in enumerate(input) for (x, c) in enumerate(line) if c == '#'] start = [(x, y) for (y, line) in enumerate(input) for (x, c) in enumerate(line) if c == 'S'][0] goal = [(x, y) for (y, line) in enumerate(input) for (x, c) in enumerate(line) if c == 'E'][0] w = max([x for (x, y) in l]) h = max([y for (x, y) in l]) return l, w, h, start, goal def sssp(points, w, h, start): visited = dict() (sx, sy) = start stack = [(sx, sy, 0)] while len(stack) > 0: (x, y, c) = stack.pop(0) if (x, y) in visited: continue visited[(x, y)] = c for (a, b) in [(x+nx, y+ny) for (nx, ny) in [(0, 1), (1, 0), (0, -1), (-1, 0)]]: if 0 <= a <= w and 0 <= b <= w and (a, b) not in points: stack.append((a, b, c + 1)) return visited def mhd(a, b): (xa, ya) = a (xb, yb) = b return abs(xa - xb) + abs(ya - yb) def others(origin, max_distance): (sx, sy) = origin return [(a, b) for a in range(sx - max_distance, sx + max_distance + 1) for b in range(sy - max_distance, sy + max_distance + 1)] def solve(points, threshold, cheat_length): fromstart = sssp(set(points), w, h, start) toend = sssp(set(points), w, h, goal) cheatrange = range(2, cheat_length + 1) return len([1 for a in fromstart for b in others(a, cheat_length) if mhd(a, b) in cheatrange and b in toend and fromstart[a] + mhd(a, b) + toend[b] <= threshold]) source = "input/day20.txt" with open(source, 'r') as f: data = f.read() (points, w, h, start, goal) = parse_input(data.strip().split('\n')) bottomline = sssp(set(points), w, h, start)[goal] solution1 = solve(set(points), bottomline - 100, 2) print("part 1: " + str(solution1)) solution2 = solve(set(points), bottomline - 100, 20) print("part 2: " + str(solution2))