part 1 day 7

Author: XanderG2

day7.py

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+from itertools import product
+
+with open("inputs/day7.txt", "r") as f:
+    inputLines = f.readlines()
+
+totalSum = 0
+
+for line in inputLines:
+    correctSum = int(line.split(": ")[0])
+    numbers = [int(num) for num in line.split(": ")[1].strip().split()]
+    allPossibleCombinations = product("+*", repeat=len(numbers) - 1)
+
+    for addMul in allPossibleCombinations:
+        currentValue = numbers[0]
+        for i, addOrMul in enumerate(addMul):
+            if addOrMul == "+":
+                currentValue += numbers[i + 1]
+            elif addOrMul == "*":
+                currentValue *= numbers[i + 1]
+
+        if currentValue == correctSum:
+            totalSum += correctSum
+            break
+
+print(totalSum)