#!/usr/bin/python with open('04a.txt') as f: lines = f.readlines() lines = [x.strip() for x in lines if x.strip()] count = 0 i_len = len(lines) j_len = len(lines[0]) for i in range(i_len): for j in range(j_len): if lines[i][j] == 'X': UP = i >= 3 DOWN = (i_len - i) >= 4 LEFT = j >= 3 RIGHT = (j_len - j) >= 4 if UP: if lines[i-1][j] == 'M' and lines[i-2][j] == 'A' and lines[i-3][j] == 'S': count += 1 if DOWN: if lines[i+1][j] == 'M' and lines[i+2][j] == 'A' and lines[i+3][j] == 'S': count += 1 if LEFT: if lines[i][j-1] == 'M' and lines[i][j-2] == 'A' and lines[i][j-3] == 'S': count += 1 if RIGHT: if lines[i][j+1] == 'M' and lines[i][j+2] == 'A' and lines[i][j+3] == 'S': count += 1 if UP and LEFT: if lines[i-1][j-1] == 'M' and lines[i-2][j-2] == 'A' and lines[i-3][j-3] == 'S': count += 1 if UP and RIGHT: if lines[i-1][j+1] == 'M' and lines[i-2][j+2] == 'A' and lines[i-3][j+3] == 'S': count += 1 if DOWN and LEFT: if lines[i+1][j-1] == 'M' and lines[i+2][j-2] == 'A' and lines[i+3][j-3] == 'S': count += 1 if DOWN and RIGHT: if lines[i+1][j+1] == 'M' and lines[i+2][j+2] == 'A' and lines[i+3][j+3] == 'S': count += 1 print(count)