#!/bin/python3 forest = [] with open('day8.txt', 'r') as f: for line in f: forest.append(list(map(int, list(line.strip())))) height = len(forest) width = len(forest[0]) heighest = -1 heighest_x = -1 heighest_y = -1 for y in range(height): for x in range(width): h = forest[x][y] tree_count = 1 tree_count_cur = 0 for cur_x in range(x+1, width): tree_count_cur += 1 if forest[cur_x][y] >= h: break tree_count *= tree_count_cur tree_count_cur = 0 for cur_x in range(x-1, -1, -1): tree_count_cur += 1 if forest[cur_x][y] >= h: break tree_count *= tree_count_cur tree_count_cur = 0 for cur_y in range(y+1, height): tree_count_cur += 1 if forest[x][cur_y] >= h: break tree_count *= tree_count_cur tree_count_cur = 0 for cur_y in range(y-1, -1, -1): tree_count_cur += 1 if forest[x][cur_y] >= h: break tree_count *= tree_count_cur if tree_count > heighest: heighest = tree_count heighest_x = x heighest_y = y print(x, y, heighest)