Day 12 Artifacts

captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.example

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+initial state: #..#.#..##......###...###
+
+...## => #
+..#.. => #
+.#... => #
+.#.#. => #
+.#.## => #
+.##.. => #
+.#### => #
+#.#.# => #
+#.### => #
+##.#. => #
+##.## => #
+###.. => #
+###.# => #
+####. => #
+

captureTheFlag/Programming/adventOfCode/121.py

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+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()