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# This is only a helper function to see if we have a valid positino.
def is_valid_position(maze, pos_r, pos_c):
    if pos_r < 0 or pos_c < 0:
        return False
    if pos_r >= len(maze) or pos_c >= len(maze[0]):
        return False
    if maze[pos_r][pos_c] in ' E':
        return True
    return False


def solve_maze(maze, start):
    # We use a Python list as a stack - then we have push operations as append, and pop as pop.
    stack = []

    # Add the entry point (as a tuple)
    stack.append(start)

    # Go through the stack as long as there are elements
    while len(stack) > 0:
        pos_r, pos_c = stack.pop()

        if maze[pos_r][pos_c] == 'E':
            print("GOAL")
            return True

        if maze[pos_r][pos_c] == 'X':
            # Already visited
            continue

        # Mark position as visited
        maze[pos_r][pos_c] = 'X'
        # Check for all possible positions and add if possible
        if is_valid_position(maze, pos_r - 1, pos_c):
            stack.append((pos_r - 1, pos_c))
        if is_valid_position(maze, pos_r + 1, pos_c):
            stack.append((pos_r + 1, pos_c))
        if is_valid_position(maze, pos_r, pos_c - 1):
            stack.append((pos_r, pos_c - 1))
        if is_valid_position(maze, pos_r, pos_c + 1):
            stack.append((pos_r, pos_c + 1))

    # We didn't find a path, hence we do not need to return the path
    return False
The full code
Here we present the full code. It prints out the state through the processing. It expects a file called maze.txt with the maze in it. See below for a possible file content.

def load_maze(file_name):
    f = open(file_name)
    maze = f.read()
    f.close()
    return maze


def convert_maze(maze):
    converted_maze = []
    lines = maze.splitlines()
    for line in lines:
        converted_maze.append(list(line))
    return converted_maze


def print_maze(maze):
    for row in maze:
        for item in row:
            print(item, end='')
        print()


def find_start(maze):
    for row in range(len(maze)):
        for col in range(len(maze[0])):
            if maze[row][col] == 'S':
                return row, col



from time import sleep


# This is only a helper function to see if we have a valid positino.
def is_valid_position(maze, pos_r, pos_c):
    if pos_r < 0 or pos_c < 0:
        return False
    if pos_r >= len(maze) or pos_c >= len(maze[0]):
        return False
    if maze[pos_r][pos_c] in ' E':
        return True
    return False


def solve_maze(maze, start):
    # We use a Python list as a stack - then we have push operations as append, and pop as pop.
    stack = []

    # Add the entry point (as a tuple)
    stack.append(start)

    # Go through the stack as long as there are elements
    while len(stack) > 0:
        pos_r, pos_c = stack.pop()

        print("Current position", pos_r, pos_c)

        if maze[pos_r][pos_c] == 'E':
            print("GOAL")
            return True

        if maze[pos_r][pos_c] == 'X':
            # Already visited
            continue

        # Mark position as visited
        maze[pos_r][pos_c] = 'X'
        # Check for all possible positions and add if possible
        if is_valid_position(maze, pos_r - 1, pos_c):
            stack.append((pos_r - 1, pos_c))
        if is_valid_position(maze, pos_r + 1, pos_c):
            stack.append((pos_r + 1, pos_c))
        if is_valid_position(maze, pos_r, pos_c - 1):
            stack.append((pos_r, pos_c - 1))
        if is_valid_position(maze, pos_r, pos_c + 1):
            stack.append((pos_r, pos_c + 1))


        # To follow the maze
        print('Stack:' , stack)
        print_maze(maze)


    # We didn't find a path, hence we do not need to return the path
    return False


maze = load_maze("maze.txt")
maze = convert_maze(maze)
print_maze(maze)
start = find_start(maze)
print(start)
print(solve_maze(maze, start))