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import sys
sys.path.append("../common")
import aoc

lines = aoc.data.split("\n")
istate = lines[0].split(": ")[1]
rules = [l.split(" => ") for l in lines[2:] if l != ""]
rules = [r[0] for r in rules if r[1] == "#"]

def next_gen(pots):
    pmin = min(pots)
    pmax = max(pots)
    npots = list()
    for i in range(pmin-4, pmax+1):
        for r in rules:
            match = True
            for j in range(5):
                if (r[j] == "#") != ((i+j) in pots):
                    match = False
                    break
            if match:
                npots.append(i+2)
                break
    return npots

def get_pots():
    pots = list()
    for i in range(len(istate)):
        if istate[i] == "#":
            pots.append(i)
    return pots

def solve1(args):
    pots = get_pots()
    for i in range(20):
        pots = next_gen(pots)
    return sum(pots)

def solve2(args):
    pots = get_pots()
    psum = sum(pots)
    pdif = None
    i = 0
    while (True):
        pots = next_gen(pots)
        i += 1
        csum = sum(pots)
        if pdif == csum - psum:
            return csum + pdif * (50000000000 - 164)
        pdif = csum - psum
        psum = csum

aoc.run(solve1, solve2, sols=[1987, 1150000000358])