From 2a23ef6d5db67fafea44ec8f1b1f3a264335687e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cody Hiar <cody@hiar.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2021 12:28:08 -0600
Subject: day 15 part 2

---
 day15/day15.py | 36 +++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/day15/day15.py b/day15/day15.py
index a5660a4..521d522 100644
--- a/day15/day15.py
+++ b/day15/day15.py
@@ -1,32 +1,30 @@
-"""Day 15."""
+"""Day 15.
 
-
-# reading off numbers
-# starting numbers in input
-# consider the most recently spoken number
-
-# new unique numbers mean the current says zero
-# how far aprat the previous spoken one was
+The 30000000 takes a while to complete
+"""
 
 
 with open("input") as f:
     memory = list(map(int, f.read().rstrip().split(",")))
 
-last_pos = {val: pos + 1 for pos, val in enumerate(memory)}
+data = {val: {"position": pos + 1, "count": 1} for pos, val in enumerate(memory)}
 
 pos = len(memory) + 1
-for x in range(2020 - pos + 1):
-    last = memory[-1]
-    if memory.count(last) == 1:
-        memory.append(0)
+last = memory[-1]
+
+# for x in range(2020 - pos + 1):
+for x in range(30000000 - pos + 1):
+    if data[last]["count"] == 1:
+        val = 0
     else:
         x = pos - 1
-        y = last_pos[last]
+        y = data[last]["position"]
         val = x - y
-        memory.append(val)
-        last_pos[last] = x
-        if val not in last_pos:
-            last_pos[val] = pos
+        data[last]["position"] = x
+        if val not in data:
+            data[val] = {"position": pos, "count": 1}
+    last = val
+    data[val]["count"] += 1
     pos += 1
 
-print(memory[-1])
+print(val)
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