from lib import * input = read_input(2016, 17).strip() def get_state(path): digest = hashlib.md5((input + path).encode()).hexdigest() return [c >= "b" for c in digest[:4]] # up, down, left, right def find_path(): queue = [("", 0, 0)] while True: path, x, y = queue.pop(0) if x == y == 3: return path up, down, left, right = get_state(path) if up and y > 0: queue.append((path + "U", x, y - 1)) if down and y < 3: queue.append((path + "D", x, y + 1)) if left and x > 0: queue.append((path + "L", x - 1, y)) if right and x < 3: queue.append((path + "R", x + 1, y)) print(find_path()) def find_path(): queue = [("", 0, 0)] longest = "" while queue: path, x, y = queue.pop(0) if x == y == 3: if len(path) > len(longest): longest = path continue up, down, left, right = get_state(path) if up and y > 0: queue.append((path + "U", x, y - 1)) if down and y < 3: queue.append((path + "D", x, y + 1)) if left and x > 0: queue.append((path + "L", x - 1, y)) if right and x < 3: queue.append((path + "R", x + 1, y)) return longest print(len(find_path()))