--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use v5.30;
+use strict;
+
+my $row = join('', 'a' .. 'p');
+# my $row = join('', 'a' .. 'e');
+
+chomp (my $dance = <>);
+my @dance = split /,/, $dance;
+
+sub do_dance {
+ for my $move (@dance) {
+ chomp $move;
+ if ($move =~ /s(\d+)/) {
+ $row =~ s/(.*)(.{$1})/\2\1/;
+ } elsif ($move =~ /x(\d+)\/(\d+)/) {
+ my ($a, $b) = (substr($row, $1, 1), substr($row, $2, 1));
+ substr($row, $1, 1) = $b;
+ substr($row, $2, 1) = $a;
+ } elsif ($move =~ /p(\w)\/(\w)/) {
+ eval "\$row =~ y/$1$2/$2$1/";
+ }
+ }
+}
+
+my %seen;
+my $i = 0;
+while (1) {
+ if ($seen{$row}) {
+ last;
+ } else {
+ $seen{$row} = $i;
+ }
+ do_dance();
+ $i++;
+}
+
+my $period = $i - $seen{$row};
+say "period $period from $seen{$row} to $i";
+
+my $count = 1_000_000_000 - $seen{$row};
+$count %= $period;
+do_dance() while $count--;
+
+say $row;
+