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instructions = "L5, R1, L5, L1, R5, R1, R1, L4, L1, L3, R2, R4, L4, L1, L1, R2, R4, R3, L1, R4, L4, L5, " \ | |
"L4, R4, L5, R1, R5, L2, R1, R3, L2, L4, L4, R1, L192, R5, R1, R4, L5, L4, R5, L1, L1, R48, " \ | |
"R5, R5, L2, R4, R4, R1, R3, L1, L4, L5, R1, L4, L2, L5, R5, L2, R74, R4, L1, R188, R5, L4, L2, " \ | |
"R5, R2, L4, R4, R3, R3, R2, R1, L3, L2, L5, L5, L2, L1, R1, R5, R4, L3, R5, L1, L3, R4, L1, L3, " \ | |
"L2, R1, R3, R2, R5, L3, L1, L1, R5, L4, L5, R5, R2, L5, R2, L1, L5, L3, L5, L5, L1, R1, L4, L3, L1, " \ | |
"R2, R5, L1, L3, R4, R5, L4, L1, R5, L1, R5, R5, R5, R2, R1, R2, L5, L5, L5, R4, L5, L4, L4, R5, L2, R1, " \ | |
"R5, L1, L5, R4, L3, R4, L2, R3, R3, R3, L2, L2, L2, L1, L4, R3, L4, L2, R2, R5, L1, R2".split(", ") | |
instructions = [[x[0], int(x[1:])] for x in instructions] | |
def move(position, direction, number_of_step): | |
if direction == 'N': | |
return [position[0], position[1] - number_of_step] | |
elif direction == 'E': | |
return [position[0] + number_of_step, position[1]] | |
elif direction == 'S': | |
return [position[0], position[1] + number_of_step] | |
elif direction == 'W': | |
return [position[0] - number_of_step, position[1]] | |
def direction(movement, current_direction): | |
directions = ['N', 'E', 'S', 'W'] | |
if movement == 'R': | |
return directions[(directions.index(current_direction) + 1) % len(directions)] | |
elif movement == 'L': | |
return directions[directions.index(current_direction) - 1] | |
def calculate_position(start_position, instructions): | |
curr_position = start_position | |
current_direction = 'N' | |
for instruction in instructions: | |
current_direction = direction(instruction[0], current_direction) | |
curr_position = move(curr_position, current_direction, instruction[1]) | |
return curr_position | |
def absolute_distance(coord1): | |
return abs(coord1[0]) + abs(coord1[1]) | |
def main(instructions): | |
final_position = calculate_position([0, 0], instructions) | |
print("final position: " + str(final_position)) | |
final_distance = absolute_distance(final_position) | |
print("blocks away: " + str(final_distance)) | |
main(instructions) |
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