with open("input_day4.txt") as file: lines = [line.rstrip() for line in file] winning_numbers = [line.split(": ")[1].split(" | ")[0].split(" ") for line in lines] winning_numbers = [list(filter(lambda a: a != '', winning_numbers[i])) for i in range(len(winning_numbers))] numbers_have = [line.split(": ")[1].split(" | ")[1].split(" ") for line in lines] numbers_have = [list(filter(lambda a: a != '', numbers_have[i])) for i in range(len(numbers_have))] index = 0 sum = 0 for card in winning_numbers: card_matches = 0 for number in card: if str(number) in numbers_have[index]: card_matches+=1 index+=1 print(f"{card_matches}") if card_matches>0: sum+=pow(2,card_matches-1) print(sum)