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