patchwork.py

def create_cell():
    cell =[]
    for line in open('p.txt', 'r'):
        line = list(line.rstrip())
        cell.append(line)
    return cell

def chaise(cell, x, y):
    if cell[x][y] == 'c':
        return False
    pre = cell[x][y]
    cell[x][y] = 'c'
    point = 1
    if(x != 0):
        if pre == cell[x-1][y]:
            point += chaise(cell, x-1, y)
    if(y != 0):
        if pre == cell[x][y-1]:
            point += chaise(cell, x, y-1)
    if(x != len(cell[0])-1):
        if pre == cell[x+1][y]:
            point += chaise(cell, x+1, y)
    if(y != len(cell)-1):
        if pre == cell[x][y+1]:
            point += chaise(cell, x, y+1)
    return point

def calc_result():
    cell = create_cell()
    result = [[0, 0, 0]]
    for x in range(0, len(cell)):
        for y in range(0, len(cell[0])):
            p = chaise(cell, x, y)
            if p >= result[0][2]:
                if(result[0] != p):
                    result = []
                result.append([x, y, p])
    return result

def print_count(result):
    cell = create_cell()
    for i in range(0, len(result)):
        chaise(cell, result[i][0], result[i][1])

    for i in range(0, len(cell)):
        count = 0
        for j in range(0, len(cell[i])):
            if cell[i][j] == 'c':
                count+=1
        print count

result =  calc_result()
print_count(result)