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+defmodule Day16 do
+  def run do
+    map_list =
+      File.read!("data.txt")
+      |> String.trim()
+      |> String.split("\n")
+      |> Enum.map(&String.graphemes/1)
+
+    height = length(map_list)
+    width = length(hd(map_list))
+
+    # convert the map List to a map Map
+    map =
+      Enum.concat(map_list)
+      |> Enum.with_index()
+      |> Enum.reduce(%{}, fn {el, idx}, acc ->
+        Map.put(acc, {div(idx, height), rem(idx, width)}, el)
+      end)
+
+    # starting position always at bottom left, facing east
+    start = {height - 2, 1, {0, 1}}
+    # end is always at the top right
+    dest = {1, width - 2}
+
+    # create a map of visited nodes an a queue
+    visited = %{start => 100_000_000}
+    q = :queue.from_list([{start, 0, [{0, 0}]}])
+
+    {paths, shortest} = walk(map, q, dest, visited, [], 100_000_000_000)
+    dbg(shortest)
+
+    num_on_all_paths =
+      Enum.reduce(paths, [], fn p, acc -> Enum.concat(p, acc) end)
+      |> Enum.uniq()
+      |> length()
+
+    dbg(num_on_all_paths)
+  end
+
+  defp walk(map, q, {dx, dy} = dest, visited, paths, shortest_path) do
+    # dequeue the node with the lowest distnce
+    # no priority queue, so just find the lowest one and delete it from the queue
+    ql = :queue.to_list(q)
+
+    if length(ql) == 0 do
+      {paths, shortest_path}
+    else
+      lowest = Enum.min_by(ql, fn {_, dist, _} -> dist end)
+      {{x, y, dir}, dist, path} = lowest
+      new_q = :queue.delete(lowest, q)
+
+      # if we reached the destination
+      if x == dx and y == dy do
+        # remove everything from the queue with distances greater than shortest_path
+        new_q2 = :queue.filter(fn {_, d, _} -> d <= shortest_path end, new_q)
+
+        # add it to the list of paths if it's <= to the current shortest path
+        if dist <= shortest_path do
+          new_paths = [path | paths]
+          walk(map, new_q2, dest, visited, new_paths, dist)
+        else
+          walk(map, new_q2, dest, visited, paths, shortest_path)
+        end
+      else
+        dirs = [{-1, 0}, {0, 1}, {1, 0}, {0, -1}]
+
+        # find neighbors to enqueue
+        neighbors =
+          dirs
+          |> Enum.map(fn {dx, dy} -> {x + dx, y + dy} end)
+          |> Enum.map(fn key -> {key, Map.get(map, key, ".")} end)
+          |> Enum.filter(fn {_key, el} -> el != "#" end)
+          # visited must include the direction. You can validly visit a cell from multiple directions
+          |> Enum.reject(fn {{nx, ny}, _el} ->
+            key = {nx, ny, {nx - x, ny - y}}
+            Map.has_key?(visited, key)
+          end)
+          |> Enum.map(fn {key, _el} -> key end)
+
+        new_q2 =
+          Enum.reduce(neighbors, new_q, fn {nx, ny}, acc ->
+            # dir is the previous direction
+            new_dir = {nx - x, ny - y}
+            new_dist = dist + if dir == new_dir, do: 1, else: 1001
+
+            :queue.in({{nx, ny, new_dir}, new_dist, [{x, y} | path]}, acc)
+          end)
+
+        new_visited = Map.put(visited, {x, y, dir}, dist)
+        walk(map, new_q2, dest, new_visited, paths, shortest_path)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp render(map, location \\ nil, visited \\ %{}) do
+    width = Map.keys(map) |> Enum.map(&elem(&1, 1)) |> Enum.max()
+    height = Map.keys(map) |> Enum.map(&elem(&1, 0)) |> Enum.max()
+
+    Enum.each(0..height, fn row ->
+      Enum.each(0..width, fn col ->
+        if !is_nil(location) and location == {row, col} do
+          IO.write(IO.ANSI.format([:red_background, "@"]))
+        else
+          el = Map.get(map, {row, col}, ".")
+
+          visited? = Enum.member?(visited, {row, col})
+
+          formatted =
+            if visited? do
+              IO.ANSI.format([:blue_background, el])
+            else
+              el
+            end
+
+          IO.write(formatted)
+        end
+      end)
+
+      IO.write("\n")
+    end)
+
+    IO.write("\n")
+
+    map
+  end
+end
+
+Day16.run()