import math import re text: str with open("input.txt") as f: text = f.read() total: int = 0 exp: str = r"Button A: X([+-]\d+), Y([+-]\d+)\nButton B: X([+-]\d+), Y([+-]\d+)\nPrize: X=(\d+). Y=(\d+)" def resolv(Ax, Ay, Bx, By, goal_x, goal_y): for press_b in range(101): press_a = (goal_x - (press_b * Bx)) / Ax if press_a * Ay + press_b * By > goal_y: continue if (press_a // 1 != press_a): continue if (press_a > 100): continue return press_a, press_b def resolv_min(Ax, Ay, Bx, By, goal_x, goal_y): tmp1 = resolv(Ax, Ay, Bx, By, goal_x, goal_y) tmp2 = resolv(Bx, By, Ax, Ay, goal_x, goal_y) if (tmp1 is None): return tmp2 if (tmp2 is None): return tmp1 press_a1, press_b1 = tmp1 press_b2, press_a2 = tmp2 if (press_a1 > press_a2): return press_a2, press_b2 return press_a1, press_b1 for Ax, Ay, Bx, By, goal_x, goal_y in re.findall(exp, text): Ax, Ay, Bx, By, goal_x, goal_y = int(Ax), int(Ay), int(Bx), int(By), int(goal_x), int(goal_y) tmp = resolv_min(Ax, Ay, Bx, By, goal_x, goal_y) if (tmp is None): continue press_a, press_b = tmp total += press_a * 3 + press_b print(total)