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AoC/2022/Day-03/day03-1.py
2022-12-03 12:30:41 +00:00

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#!/usr/bin/python3
from string import ascii_lowercase, ascii_uppercase
commonItems = []
with open('input.txt', 'r') as inputFile:
for backpack in inputFile:
items = [*backpack.strip()]
comp1 = []
comp2 = []
for item in range(int(len(items) / 2)):
comp1.append(items[item])
for item in range(int(len(items) / 2), int(len(items))):
comp2.append(items[item])
for item in comp1:
if(item in comp2):
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)