#!/usr/bin/python3 # Open the file and read the one line into an array. fish = [] with open('/home/jake/Documents/AoC-2021/Day-6/input.txt') as inputFile: fish = inputFile.readline().strip('\n').split(',') fish = [ int(x) for x in fish ] # Loop over the array decrementing and adding fish as required for 80 days. days = 0 while days < 80: for i in range(0, len(fish)): if(fish[i] == 0): fish[i] = 6 fish.append(8) else: fish[i] = fish[i] -1 days+=1 # Print the results. print("Total fish afer " + str(days) + " days: " + str(len(fish)))