advent of code day 3: i might be r-slurred edition

idk how to do multi line spoilers lol



letters = ['','a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z', 'A','B','C','D','E','F','G','H','I','J','K','L','M','N','O','P','Q','R','S','T','U','V','W','X','Y','Z']

total_score = 0

team = []

for line in open("input.txt"):
    team.append(line.strip())

for i in range(2, len(team), 3):
    for letter in team[i]:
        if letter in team[i-2] and letter in team[i-1]:
            total_score += letters.index(letter)
            break

print(total_score)

some real caveman shit but it works

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Part 1:

with open('input.txt') as f:
    lines = f.readlines()
    
items = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
score = 0

for line in lines:
    first, second = line.strip()[:len(line)//2], line[len(line)//2:]
    for char in first:
        if char in second:
            score += items.index(char) 
            break
print(score)
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Part 2:

with open('input.txt') as f:
    lines = f.readlines()
    
items = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
score = 0

line_position = 0

while line_position < len(lines):
    for char in lines[line_position]:
        if char in lines[line_position + 1]:
            if char in lines[line_position + 2]:
                score += items.index(char) + 1
                line_position += 3
                break                    
print(score)
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