Add solution for problem 7

Problem7_1.py

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+def start() :
+	location = tachyonManifold[0].find("S")
+	tachyonManifold[1] = tachyonManifold[1][0:location] + "|" + tachyonManifold[1][location + 1:]
+
+def registerSplits(row: int) :
+	numSplits = 0
+	numExtensions = 0
+	for cnt in range(len(tachyonManifold[row])) :
+		if row > 0 and tachyonManifold[row - 1][cnt] == "|":
+			if tachyonManifold[row][cnt] == "." :
+				tachyonManifold[row] = tachyonManifold[row][0:cnt] + "|" + tachyonManifold[row][cnt + 1:]
+				numExtensions += 1
+			elif tachyonManifold[row][cnt] == "^":
+				if cnt > 0 and cnt + 1 < len(tachyonManifold[row]) :
+					tachyonManifold[row] = tachyonManifold[row][0:cnt - 1] + "|^|" + tachyonManifold[row][cnt + 2:]
+				elif cnt == 0 :
+					tachyonManifold[row] = "^|" + tachyonManifold[row][2:]
+				else :
+					tachyonManifold[row] = tachyonManifold[row][0:-2] + "|^"
+				numSplits += 1
+	return numSplits
+
+def printManifold() -> int:
+	for line in tachyonManifold :
+		print(line)
+	print("\n")
+
+testInput = [
+	".......S.......",
+	"...............",
+	".......^.......",
+	"...............",
+	"......^.^......",
+	"...............",
+	".....^.^.^.....",
+	"...............",
+	"....^.^...^....",
+	"...............",
+	"...^.^...^.^...",
+	"...............",
+	"..^...^.....^..",
+	"...............",
+	".^.^.^.^.^...^.",
+	"..............."
+]
+
+def readFile() :
+	ary = []
+	with open("files/Problem7.txt", "r") as file :
+		for line in file :
+			ary.append(line.replace("\n", ""))
+	return ary
+
+#tachyonManifold = testInput
+tachyonManifold = readFile()
+start()
+#printManifold()
+totalSplits = 0
+for row in range(1, len(tachyonManifold)) :
+	numberSplits = registerSplits(row)
+	totalSplits += numberSplits
+	#print(f"Row = {row}")
+	#printManifold()
+print(f"Total splits = {totalSplits}")
+
+#Total splits = 1562