grid = [] to_flash = [] for line in open('data', 'r'): grid_line = [] for ch in line.strip(): grid_line.append(int(ch)) grid.append(grid_line) flashed = 0 step = 0 #for step in range(0, 100): while(True): # Step 1: Increment for y in range(0, len(grid)): for x in range(0, len(grid[y])): grid[y][x] += 1 if(grid[y][x] > 9): to_flash.append(tuple([y, x])) # Step 2: Flash prior_flash = flashed while(len(to_flash)): cell = to_flash[-1] # take the last one to_flash.pop() # remove flashed += 1 # count for y in range(-1, 2): new_y = cell[0] + y if(new_y >= 0 and new_y < len(grid)): # in bounds for x in range(-1, 2): new_x = cell[1] + x if(new_x >= 0 and new_x < len(grid[y])): # in bounds grid[new_y][new_x] += 1 if(grid[new_y][new_x] == 10): # JUST flashed to_flash.append(tuple([new_y, new_x])) # PART TWO ANSWER if(flashed - prior_flash == len(grid) * len(grid[0])): print('all flash step #', step + 1) break # Step 3: Reset (if flashed) for y in range(0, len(grid)): for x in range(0, len(grid[y])): if(grid[y][x] > 9): grid[y][x] = 0 print('Step #', (step + 1), ': ', flashed) step += 1