import math def main(): with open("day16.txt", "rt") as input_file: inputs = [int(i) for i in input_file.read().rstrip()] p = [0, 1, 0, -1] for phase_id in range(100): phase_id += 1 print(f"Phase {phase_id}...") outputs = [None] * len(inputs) for index in range(len(inputs)): ex_f = index + 1 ex_p = [p[i // ex_f] for i in range(len(p) * ex_f)] while len(ex_p) < len(inputs) + 1: ex_p += ex_p # yikes ex_p = ex_p[1:len(inputs) + 1] out = sum(a * b for a, b in zip(inputs, ex_p)) outputs[index] = abs(math.fmod(out, 10)) inputs = outputs print(f"First 8 digits: {''.join(str(int(i)) for i in inputs[:8])}") if __name__ == "__main__": main()