path

import sys

dirmap = {"north": "n", "northeast": "ne", "east": "e", "southeast": "se", "south": "s", "southwest": "sw", "west": "w", "northwest": "nw", "down": "d", "up": "u"}

def get_paths():
    with open("paths.txt", "r") as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    dir_l = [dirmap[l.split('"')[1]] for l in lines if l[:8] == "The word"]
    print("::".join(dir_l))
    print("----- number of steps:", len(dir_l))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    get_paths()