#!/usr/bin/env python3 # Copyright 2023 Síle Ekaterin Liszka # # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS # IN THE SOFTWARE. total = 0 cards = {} deck = 1 with open('input.txt', mode='r') as f: for line in f.readlines(): line = line.removesuffix('\n') card, numbers = line.split(': ', maxsplit=1) _, card = card.split(' ', maxsplit=1) card = int(card) winning, hand = numbers.split(' | ', maxsplit=1) winning = winning.split() hand = hand.split() score = 0 for num in hand: if num in winning: score += 1 cards[card] = score deck += 1 def score(idx): global cards ret = cards[idx] if ret == 0: return ret x = ret + 1 for i in range(1, x): ret += score(idx + i) return ret count = deck - 1 for i in range(1, deck): count += score(i) print('total cards is', count)