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+from collections import defaultdict, deque
+from math import lcm
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+import re 
+
+import aoc_helper
+from aoc_helper import (
+    Grid,
+    PrioQueue,
+    SparseGrid,
+    decode_text,
+    extract_ints,
+    extract_iranges,
+    extract_ranges,
+    extract_uints,
+    frange,
+    irange,
+    iter,
+    list,
+    map,
+    range,
+    search,
+    tail_call,
+)
+
+raw = aoc_helper.fetch(8, 2023)
+
+
+def parse_raw(raw: str):
+    return raw
+
+
+data = parse_raw(raw)
+
+
+# providing this default is somewhat of a hack - there isn't any other way to
+# force type inference to happen, AFAIK - but this won't work with standard
+# collections (list, set, dict, tuple)
+def part_one(data=data):
+    directions = data.splitlines()[0]
+    maps = {}
+    for line in data.splitlines()[2:]:
+        a, b, c = re.findall("\w{3}", line)
+        maps[a] = (b, c)
+    
+    current = "AAA"
+    number = 0
+    while current != "ZZZ":
+        for direction in directions:
+            if direction == "L":
+                current = maps[current][0]
+            elif direction == "R":
+                current = maps[current][1]
+            number += 1
+    return number
+
+
+aoc_helper.lazy_test(day=8, year=2023, parse=parse_raw, solution=part_one)
+
+
+# providing this default is somewhat of a hack - there isn't any other way to
+# force type inference to happen, AFAIK - but this won't work with standard
+# collections (list, set, dict, tuple)
+def part_two(data=data):
+    directions = data.splitlines()[0]
+    maps = {}
+    for line in data.splitlines()[2:]:
+        a, b, c = re.findall("\w{3}", line)
+        maps[a] = (b, c)
+
+    locations = [location for location in maps if location.endswith("A")]
+    
+    cycle_times = []
+    for location in locations:
+        current = location
+        count = 0
+        while not current.endswith("Z"):
+            for direction in directions:
+                if direction == "L":
+                    current = maps[current][0]
+                elif direction == "R":
+                    current = maps[current][1]
+                count += 1
+        cycle_times.append(count)
+    return lcm(*cycle_times)
+
+
+aoc_helper.lazy_test(day=8, year=2023, parse=parse_raw, solution=part_two)
+
+aoc_helper.lazy_submit(day=8, year=2023, solution=part_one, data=data)
+aoc_helper.lazy_submit(day=8, year=2023, solution=part_two, data=data)