#/usr/bin/env python total_prio = 0 with open("input.txt", "r") as f: for line in f: l2 = int(len(line.strip())/2) c1 = set(line[:l2]) c2 = set(line[l2:]) c = c1.intersection(c2) c = ord(list(c)[0]) if c >= 97: total_prio += c - 96 else: total_prio += c - 38 print(total_prio)