day10_take1.py

import sys

# Parse the input file from the command line arguments
input_file = sys.argv[1]

# Read the program from the input file
program = []
with open(input_file, "r") as f:
  for line in f:
    # Split the line into the instruction and the value (if applicable)
    parts = line.split()
    if len(parts) == 1:
      # If there is no value, the instruction is "noop"
      program.append(("noop", 0))
    else:
      # Otherwise, the instruction is "addx" and the value is the second element of the split line
      program.append(("addx", int(parts[1])))

# Initialize the X register to 1
x = 1

# Loop through each instruction in the program
for cycle, (instruction, value) in enumerate(program):
  if instruction == "noop":
    # If the instruction is "noop", do nothing
    pass
  else:
    # Otherwise, increment the X register by the specified value
    x += value

  # Check if the current cycle is one of the ones we need to compute the signal strength for
  if cycle in [19, 59, 99, 139, 179, 219]:
    # If it is, compute the signal strength by multiplying the cycle number by the current value of the X register
    signal_strength = cycle * x
    print(signal_strength)