import numpy as np from itertools import cycle from collections import deque with open('day9-input', 'r') as file: data = [l.strip('\n') for l in file][0].split() players = int(data[0]) last_marble = int(data[-2]) def find_winning_score(players, last_marble): marbles = deque([0]) scores = np.zeros(players, dtype=np.int64) for marble, player in zip(range(1, last_marble+1), cycle(range(players))): if marble % 23 == 0: marbles.rotate(-7) scores[player] += marble + marbles.pop() else: marbles.rotate(2) marbles.append(marble) return max(scores) print(find_winning_score(players, last_marble)) # Part 1 print(find_winning_score(players, last_marble*100)) # Part 2