Completed day 3

2022/Day-03/day03-2.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase
+
+commonItems = []
+backpacks = []
+
+with open('input.txt', 'r') as inputFile:
+    backpacks = inputFile.readlines()
+
+currentBackpack = 0
+
+while(currentBackpack < len(backpacks)):
+    currentGroup = []
+    while(len(currentGroup) < 3):
+        currentGroup.append(backpacks[currentBackpack].strip())
+        currentBackpack += 1
+    for item in currentGroup[0]:
+        if(item in currentGroup[1] and item in currentGroup[2]):
+            commonItems.append(item)
+            break
+
+totalPriority = 0
+
+for item in commonItems:
+    if(item in ascii_lowercase):
+        totalPriority += (ascii_lowercase.index(item) + 1)
+    elif(item in ascii_uppercase):
+        totalPriority += (ascii_uppercase.index(item) + 27)
+
+print(totalPriority)