day 3 part 1 solved!

brechtje/3/3-1.py

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+input = open("input.txt").read().splitlines()
+
+def find_biggest_num(line, start, is_first_num):
+    num = -1
+    max_num = 9
+    while True:
+        num = line.find(str(max_num), start)
+        if num == -1 or (is_first_num and num == len(line) - 1):
+            max_num -= 1
+        else:
+            return num
+answer = 0
+
+for line in input:
+    first_num = find_biggest_num(line, 0, True)
+    second_num = find_biggest_num(line, first_num + 1, False)
+    answer += int(line[first_num] + line[second_num])
+
+print(answer)