day = "day2" file = f"inputs/{day}.txt" def part_one(file): result = 0 input = open(file, "r") input = input.readlines() for line in input: if(line_check(line)): result += 1 print(f"Part 1: {result}") def line_check(line): string = line.split(' ')[2] letter = line.split(" ")[1][0] start = int(line.split(" ")[0].split("-")[0]) end = int(line.split(" ")[0].split("-")[1]) if(string.count(letter) >= start and string.count(letter) <= end): return True part_one(file) def part_two(file): result = 0 input = open(file, "r") input = input.readlines() for line in input: if(line_check_part2(line)): result += 1 print(f"Part 2: {result}") def line_check_part2(line): string = line.split(' ')[2] letter = line.split(" ")[1][0] start = int(line.split(" ")[0].split("-")[0]) end = int(line.split(" ")[0].split("-")[1]) if(string[start-1] == letter and string[end-1] == letter): return False elif(string[start-1] == letter or string[end-1] == letter): return True part_two(file)