first attempt at day 2 part 2

brechtje/2/2-2.py

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+from itertools import pairwise
+
+raw_input = open('input.txt', "r").read().split(',')
+input = []
+
+for item in raw_input:
+    input.append(item.split('-'))
+
+answer = 0
+invalid_numbers = []
+
+for item in input:
+    for i in range(int(item[0]), int(item[1]) + 1):
+        str_i = str(i)
+        if len(str_i) % 2 == 0:
+            halfway = int(len(str_i)/2)
+            if str_i[0:halfway] == str_i[halfway:]:
+                answer += i
+                invalid_numbers.append(i)
+                continue
+        if len(str_i) % 3 == 0:
+            third = int(len(str_i)/3)
+            if str_i[0:third] == str_i[third:2 * third] == str_i[2 * third:]:
+                answer += i
+                invalid_numbers.append(i)
+                continue
+        if len(str_i) % 4 == 0:
+            quarter = int(len(str_i)/4)
+            if str_i[0:quarter] == str_i[quarter:halfway] == str_i[halfway:3 * quarter] == str_i[3 * quarter:]:
+                answer += i
+                invalid_numbers.append(i)
+                continue
+        if len(str_i) % 5 == 0:
+            fifth = int(len(str_i)/5)
+            if str_i[0:fifth] == str_i[fifth:2 * fifth] == str_i[2 * fifth:3 * fifth] == str_i[3 * fifth:4 * fifth] == str_i[4 * fifth:]:
+                answer += i
+                invalid_numbers.append(i)
+                continue
+        else:
+            all_the_same = True
+            for pair in pairwise(str_i):
+                if pair[0] != pair[1]:
+                    all_the_same = False
+                    break
+            if all_the_same:
+                answer += i
+                invalid_numbers.append(i)
+
+print(invalid_numbers)
+print(answer)