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import re

with open('crates.txt', 'r') as fd:
    stack_string = ''
    instructions = []

    for line in fd.readlines():
        if not line.startswith('move'):
            stack_string += line
        else:
            instructions.append(line.strip())

def rearrange_stack(stack):
    number_of_stacks = int(max(re.findall(r'\d+', stack)))
    stacks = [[] for i in range(number_of_stacks)]

    for line in stack.split('\n'):
        for idx, char in enumerate(line):
            if char.isalpha():
                stacks[idx // 4].insert(0, char)

    return stacks

stacks = rearrange_stack(stack_string)

for instruction in instructions:
    _, amount, _, src, _, dst = instruction.split(' ')
    amount, src, dst = int(amount), int(src) - 1, int(dst) - 1
    for idx in range(amount):
        stacks[dst].append(stacks[src].pop())

top_crates = ''

for stack in stacks:
    top_crates += stack[-1]

print(stacks)
print(top_crates)

stacks = rearrange_stack(stack_string)

for instruction in instructions:
    _, amount, _, src, _, dst = instruction.split(' ')
    amount, src, dst = int(amount), int(src) - 1, int(dst) - 1
    moving_crates = stacks[src][-amount:]
    stacks[src][-amount:] = []
    stacks[dst].extend(moving_crates)

top_crates = ''

for stack in stacks:
    top_crates += stack[-1]

print(stacks)
print(top_crates)