from math import floor, ceil input = [] with open('day5_input.txt', 'r') as f: for line in f.readlines(): input.append(line.strip()) def get_row( r, low=0, high=127 ): if len(r) == 0 or low == high: return high else: if r[0] == 'F': return get_row(r[1:], low, floor((high+low)/2)) else: return get_row(r[1:], ceil((high+low)/2), high) def get_col( c, low=0, high=7 ): if len(c) == 0 or low == high: return high else: if c[0] == 'L': return get_col(c[1:], low, floor((high+low)/2)) else: return get_col(c[1:], ceil((high+low)/2), high) def get_seat( bpass ): row = get_row(bpass[:7]) col = get_col(bpass[7:]) return (row, col, row*8+col) max_seat = 0 for bpass in input: seat = get_seat(bpass) if seat[2] > max_seat: max_seat = seat[2] print(max_seat)