Reibello AoC 8

#aoc2016_8.py
input_file_object = open("aoc16_input_8a.txt")
input_as_string = input_file_object.read()
input_file_object.close()

input_separated = input_as_string.split('\n')

screen_x = 50
screen_y = 6

screen = [['.' for x in range(screen_x)] for y in range(screen_y)]

def rect(x,y):
    for c in range(y):
        #for each column
        for r in range(x):
            screen[c][r] = '#'

def pushRow(screen,row_index, offset):
    #take a slice of the row that wraps
    chopped = screen[row_index][-offset:]
    #then, going backwards through that list, add it to beginning of row
    for i in range(len(chopped),0,-1):
        screen[row_index].insert(0,chopped[i-1])

    screen[row_index] = screen[row_index][:50]
    return screen

def pushCol(screen, col_index, offset):
    old_col = []
    new_col = old_col
    for i in range(len(screen)):
        #make a list with the characters from top to bottom
        old_col.append(screen[i][col_index])
    #Now I need to rotate them such that the character at x is now
    #at x+offset.
    chopped = old_col[-offset:]
    for j in range(len(chopped),0,-1):
        new_col.insert(0, chopped[j-1])
        new_col = new_col[:6]
    for k in range(len(screen)):
        screen[k][col_index] = new_col[k]

###now to strip down this input###
input_stripped = []
for i in range(len(input_separated)):
    input_stripped.append(input_separated[i].split('='))

for i in range(len(input_stripped)):
    if 'rect' in input_stripped[i][0]:
        input_stripped[i] =  input_stripped[i][0].split(' ')

for i in range(len(input_stripped)):
    if 'rect' in input_stripped[i][0]:
        input_stripped[i][1] = input_stripped[i][1].split('x')

for i in range(len(input_stripped)):
    if 'rect' in input_stripped[i][0]:
        input_stripped[i].append(int(input_stripped[i][1][0]))
        input_stripped[i].append(int(input_stripped[i][1][1]))
        del input_stripped[i][1]

###time to strip rows and columns

for i in range(len(input_stripped)):
    if 'rotate' in input_stripped[i][0]:
        if 'row' in input_stripped[i][0]:
            input_stripped[i][0] = 'row'
        else:
            input_stripped[i][0] = 'col'

for i in range(len(input_stripped)):
    if 'rect' in input_stripped[i][0]:
        continue
    if 'by' in input_stripped[i][1]:
        input_stripped[i][1] = input_stripped[i][1].split(' by ')


for i in range(len(input_stripped)):
    if 'rect' in input_stripped[i][0]:
        continue
    input_stripped[i].append(int(input_stripped[i][1][0]))
    input_stripped[i].append(int(input_stripped[i][1][1]))
    del input_stripped[i][1]

#okay now the fun part

for i in range(len(input_stripped)):
    if 'rect' == input_stripped[i][0]:
        rect(input_stripped[i][1], input_stripped[i][2])
    elif 'row' == input_stripped[i][0]:
        screen = pushRow(screen, input_stripped[i][1], input_stripped[i][2])
    elif 'col' == input_stripped[i][0]:
        pushCol(screen, input_stripped[i][1], input_stripped[i][2])

counter = 0
for y in range(len(screen)):
    temp = screen[y].count('#')
    counter += temp
    temp = 0