AdventOfCode/2017/09/solution.py

#!/bin/python3
import sys,re
from pprint import pprint

input_f = 'input'

part = 2
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#                                       #
#              Part 1                   #
#                                       #
#########################################
if part == 1:
     with open(input_f) as file:
        for line in file:
            clean_string = re.sub(r"!.", "", line.rstrip())
            clean_string = re.sub(r"<.*?>", "", clean_string)
            clean_string = re.sub(r",", "", clean_string)
            level = 0
            numbers = []
            for i in clean_string:
                if i == '{':
                    level += 1
                if i == '}':
                    numbers.append(level)
                    level -= 1

            print(sum(numbers))

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#                                       #
# not working  Part 2                   #
#                                       #
#########################################
if part == 2:
     with open(input_f) as file:
        for line in file:
            print(line.rstrip(), end=' ')
            clean_string = line.rstrip()
            clean_string = re.sub(r"!.",'',clean_string)
            print(clean_string)
            clean_string = re.findall(r"<.*?>", clean_string)
            for c in clean_string:
                clean_string = c.replace('<','',1).replace('>','',1)
            print(len(clean_string))