#!/usr/bin/env python3 from collections import defaultdict def solve(paths: defaultdict[str, list[str]], path: str, flag: bool = False) -> int: acc = 0 tokens = path.split(",") for dest in paths[tokens[-1]]: if dest == "end": acc += 1 # START PART 1 elif not (dest.islower() and dest in tokens): acc += solve(paths, f"{path},{dest}") # END PART 1 START PART 2 elif dest != "start": if dest.islower() and dest in tokens: if not flag: acc += solve(paths, f"{path},{dest}", True) else: acc += solve(paths, f"{path},{dest}", flag) # END PART 2 return acc def main() -> None: paths: defaultdict[str, list[str]] = defaultdict(list) with open("input", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f: for entry in f.readlines(): x, y = entry.strip().split("-") paths[x].append(y) paths[y].append(x) print(solve(paths, "start", False)) if __name__ == "__main__": main()