#!/usr/bin/env python3 # usage: cat inputs/day-2.txt | ./$SCRIPTNAME.py import sys def spreadsheet_line(line, sep="\t"): highest = -sys.maxsize lowest = sys.maxsize numbers = map(int, line.strip().split(sep)) try: for x in numbers: if x < lowest: lowest = x if x > highest: highest = x except: return return highest - lowest def checksum(spreadsheet_text, line_sep="\n"): total = 0 lines = spreadsheet_text.split(line_sep) for line in lines: line_diff = spreadsheet_line(line) try: total += line_diff except: pass return total if __name__ == "__main__": print(checksum(sys.stdin.read()).strip())