From 0a44354a52015755b6d21ef61ad7b61ef80b77bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Srinivas P G <spg349@nyu.edu>
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2018 15:31:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Day 12 initial commit

---
 .../Programming/adventOfCode/121.example      | 17 +++++++
 .../Programming/adventOfCode/121.py           | 47 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.example
 create mode 100644 captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.py

diff --git a/captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.example b/captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7da08a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.example
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+initial state: #..#.#..##......###...###
+
+...## => #
+..#.. => #
+.#... => #
+.#.#. => #
+.#.## => #
+.##.. => #
+.#### => #
+#.#.# => #
+#.### => #
+##.#. => #
+##.## => #
+###.. => #
+###.# => #
+####. => #
+
diff --git a/captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.py b/captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7b3dd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+def generation(initial_state, notes_):
+    initial_state = list("..."+initial_state+"...........")
+    n = len(initial_state)
+    for i in range(1):
+        j = 0
+        new_state = []
+        while j < n:
+            select = "".join(initial_state[j:j+5])
+            #print initial_state, select
+            if select in notes_:
+               select = list(".."+notes_[select]+"..")
+               #print select
+               initial_state[j:j+5] = select
+               j += 2
+            else:
+                j+= 1
+            print "".join(initial_state)
+
+            #initial_state[j:j+5] = list(select)
+            #new_state.extend(list(select))
+            #print "".join(initial_state)
+        #initial_state = new_state
+
+    return "".join(initial_state)
+
+def main():
+    # Fetch input from url
+    import requests, sys
+    # Sent the cookie set through the environment variable to get this
+    #input = requests.get("https://adventofcode.com/2018/day/8/input")
+
+    # Hard Coded inputs
+    input = open("121.example","r").read()
+    input = input.split("\n")
+    generation_one = input[0].strip("initial state:").strip()
+    notes = input[2:]
+    notes_ = {}
+    for note in notes:
+        if note:
+            note = note.split("=>")
+            notes_[note[0].strip()] = note[1].strip()
+    #print generation_one, notes_
+    print generation(generation_one, notes_)
+    #print "Day 12: Part 1 answer is --> " + str(count)
+    #print "Day 12: Part 2 answer is --> " + id
+
+main()