testing = False if not testing: with open(r"2025/02/input.txt", "r") as file: input = file.read() else: input = '''11-22,95-115,998-1012,1188511880-1188511890,222220-222224,1698522-1698528,446443-446449,38593856-38593862,565653-565659,824824821-824824827,2121212118-2121212124''' product_id_list = input.split(',') bad_products_list = [] def is_invalid_id(id_num): """ Check if an ID is invalid (made of some sequence repeated twice) """ id_str = str(id_num) length = len(id_str) # If length is odd, can't be made of two equal parts if length % 2 != 0: return False # Split into two halves and check if they're identical half_length = length // 2 first_half = id_str[:half_length] second_half = id_str[half_length:] return first_half == second_half for product_id in product_id_list: # print(product_id) first_id,second_id = product_id.split('-') print(first_id, 'to', second_id) for product in range(int(first_id), int(second_id)+1): # print(product) if is_invalid_id(product): print(f'{product} invalid') bad_products_list.append(product) else: pass # print(f'product {product} looks valid') print(bad_products_list) total_sum = 0 for bad_id in bad_products_list: total_sum += int(bad_id) print(total_sum)