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+from collections import deque
+
+def parseInput(contents):
+    edges = [l.split("-") for l in contents.strip().split("\n")]
+    edges_set = set([])
+    for (f, t) in edges:
+        edges_set.add((f, t))
+        if t != "end" and f != "start":
+            edges_set.add((t, f))
+
+    return edges_set
+
+def visitableNeighbours(edges, loc):
+    fr = loc[0]
+    banned = [e for e in loc if e.islower()]
+    for (f, t) in edges:
+        if f == fr and t not in banned:
+            yield t
+
+
+edges = parseInput(open("./input").read())
+
+locs = deque() # each element is a list of all the visited nodes
+finished = set()
+locs.append(["start"])
+while len(locs) > 0:
+    l = locs.pop()
+    if l[0] == "end":
+        finished.add("-".join(l))
+    else:
+        for neighbour in visitableNeighbours(edges, l):
+            locs.append([neighbour] + l)
+
+print(len(finished))