#!/usr/bin/python3 from statistics import median lineScores = [] closers = { '(':')', '{':'}', '[':']', '<':'>' } points = { ')':1, ']':2, '}':3, '>':4 } with open('/home/jake/Documents/AoC-2021/Day-10/input.txt') as inputFile: for line in inputFile: line = line.strip('\n') expecting = [] invalid = False for char in line: if(char in closers): expecting.insert(0,closers[char]) else: if(expecting[0] != char): invalid = True break else: del expecting[0] if(invalid): continue else: totalScore = 0 for e in expecting: totalScore*=5 totalScore+=points[e] lineScores.append(totalScore) print("The middle score is: " + str(median(lineScores)))