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+import sys
+import os
+from pprint import pprint
+import time
+import math
+
+#colors
+from termcolor import colored
+
+grid = []
+
+input_f = ''
+if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    input_f = 'test'
+else:
+    input_f = sys.argv[1]
+
+with open(input_f) as file:
+    for line in file:
+        grid = line.rstrip().split(',')
+
+print(grid)
+values = []
+current_value = 0
+
+for i in grid:
+    value = 0
+    for j in list(i): 
+        current_value += value       
+        #print(j)
+        current_value += ord(j)
+        current_value *= 17
+        current_value %= 256 
+        #print(current_value)
+    value = current_value
+    current_value = 0
+    print(value)
+    values.append(value)
+
+print(sum(values))
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