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"""Day 7."""
import re
from collections import defaultdict

pattern = r"(\d+) ([a-z]+) ([a-z]+) (bag[s]?)"
prog = re.compile(pattern)

with open("input") as f:
    sections = f.read().rstrip().split("\n")

mapping = defaultdict(lambda: [])

# Put bags into dict structure
for section in sections:
    parent, child_str = section.split(" bags contain ")
    children = []
    if "no other bags" not in child_str:
        for child in child_str.replace(".", "").split(", "):
            _, adjective, color, _ = prog.match(child).groups()
            children.append(f"{adjective} {color}")
    for child in children:
        mapping[child].append(parent)

# Part 1
bags = set(mapping['shiny gold'])
while True:
    new_bags = bags.copy()
    for bag in bags:
        for new_bag in mapping[bag]:
            new_bags.add(new_bag)
    if len(new_bags) == len(bags):
        print(len(bags))
        break
    else:
        bags = new_bags