Discussion on: Advent of Code 2020 Solution Megathread - Day 8: Handheld Halting

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Python!
lines = []
with open('input.txt') as file:
    for line in file:
        line = line.rstrip().split(' ')
        lines.append([line[0], int(line[1])])


def move(lines, part_1=False):
    seen = set()
    accumulator = 0
    idx = 0
    while True:
        if idx >= len(lines):
            return accumulator
        move, arg = lines[idx]
        if idx in seen:
            return accumulator if part_1 else False
        seen.add(idx)
        if move == 'nop':
            idx += 1
        elif move == 'acc':
            accumulator += arg
            idx += 1
        elif move == "jmp":
            idx += arg


def flip(val):
    return 'jmp' if val == 'nop' else 'nop'


def change_piece(lines):
    for idx, turn in enumerate(lines):
        if turn[0] == 'nop' or turn[0] == 'jmp':
            prev = turn[0]
            lines[idx][0] = flip(turn[0])
            if accumulator:= move(lines):
                return accumulator
            lines[idx][0] = prev

print("Part 1", move(lines, True))
print("Part 2", change_piece(lines))