solved day 6, part 1!

brechtje/6/6-1.py

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+input = open('input.txt', 'r').read().splitlines()
+
+nums = []
+
+current_num = ''
+
+for line in input:
+    if current_num != '':
+        if column_index > len(nums) - 1:
+            nums.append([current_num])
+        else:
+            nums[column_index].append(current_num)
+    current_num = ''
+    column_index = 0
+    for char in line:
+        if char == ' ':
+            if current_num != '':
+                if column_index > len(nums) - 1:
+                    nums.append([current_num])
+                    column_index += 1
+                else:
+                    nums[column_index].append(current_num)
+                    column_index += 1
+                current_num = ''
+        else:
+            current_num += char
+
+answer = 0
+
+for column in nums:
+    column_combo = 0
+    if column[-1] == '+':
+        for num in column[:-1]:
+            column_combo += int(num)
+        answer += column_combo
+    elif column[-1] == '*':
+        for num in column[:-1]:
+            if column_combo == 0:
+                column_combo += int(num)
+            else:
+                column_combo *= int(num)
+        answer += column_combo
+
+print(answer)
+