#!/usr/bin/env python3 import sys def digits(digitString): index = 0 final = 0 while index < len(digitString): d1index = int(index) d2index = int((int(index) + (len(digitString) / 2)) % len(digitString)) print(d1index, d2index) if digitString[d1index] == digitString[d2index]: final += int(digitString[d1index]) index += 1 print("Answer: {}".format(final)) if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Please provide an argument with your string of digits.") else: digits(sys.argv[1])