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+import collections
+import intcode
+import sys
+import time
+
+def draw(beam):
+    min_x=max_x=min_y=max_y = 0
+    for p in beam:
+        min_x = min(p[0], min_x)
+        max_x = max(p[0], max_x)
+        min_y = min(p[1], min_y)
+        max_y = max(p[1], max_y)
+    s = ""
+    for y in range(min_y, max_y+1):
+        s += "\n"
+        for x in range(min_x, max_x+1):
+            point = (x,y)
+            if point in beam:
+                s += "#" if beam[point] else " "
+            else:
+                s += "?"
+    return s
+
+def deploy(c, x, y):
+    c.reset()
+    input = collections.deque((x,y))
+    while True:
+        c.step()
+        if c.SIG_INPUT:
+            c.input = input.popleft()
+        if c.SIG_OUTPUT:
+            break
+    return c.output
+
+def do(input):
+    amount = 0
+    c = intcode.Computer([int(x) for x in input[0].split(",")])
+
+    #                     ####      46
+    #                      ####     47
+    #                       ####    48
+    #                       #####   49
+    #                        ####   50
+
+    # assume every row has a point. this can be done by starting from row 50
+    # (or some other larger enough number)
+
+    # search each row one by one. when the lenght of the row has been
+    # determined, check the length of the col of every point where the distance
+    # to the right is greater than 100. if no col longer than 100 is found,
+    # skip to the next row (and check only starting from the same x as the
+    # first x of the row above)
+
+    y = 1000  # tested to not be 100 until after row 1000
+    start_x = 0
+    while True:
+        found = False
+        x = start_x
+        amount_in_row = 0
+        while True:
+            if deploy(c, x, y) == 1:
+                if not found:
+                    start_x = x
+                    found = True
+                amount_in_row += 1
+            elif found:
+                break
+            x += 1
+        tries = amount_in_row - 100
+        for i in range(0, tries+1):
+            # check downwards
+            amount_in_col = 0
+            row = y
+            while True:
+                if deploy(c, start_x+i, row) == 1:
+                    amount_in_col += 1
+                    row += 1
+                else:
+                    break
+            if amount_in_col >= 100:
+                # done
+                return start_x+i, y 
+        y += 1
+
+input = open("../input/19", "r").readlines()
+print(do(input))