Completed day 9, task 1

Day-9/day9-1.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+sumOfLowest = 0
+map = []
+
+def checkSurrounding(list, x, y):
+    possibleX = [x, x-1, x+1]
+    possibleY = [y, y-1, y+1]
+
+    for newY in possibleY:
+        if(newY < 0 or newY >= len(list)):
+            continue
+        for newX in possibleX:
+            if(newX < 0 or newX >= len(list[0])):
+                continue
+            if(list[y][x] > list[newY][newX]):
+                return False
+    return True
+        
+with open('/home/jake/Documents/AoC-2021/Day-9/input.txt') as inputFile:
+    for line in inputFile:
+        lineList = list(line.strip('\n'))
+        lineList = [int(x) for x in lineList]
+        map.append(lineList)
+
+for x in range(len(map[0])):
+    for y in range(len(map)):
+        if(checkSurrounding(map, x, y)):
+            sumOfLowest += (map[y][x] + 1) 
+
+print("Sum of risk levels is: " + str(sumOfLowest))