def dial(action, position): if action[0] == "R": position += action[1] else: position -= action[1] position = position % 100 return position def read_input(filename): actions = [] for line in open(filename): line = line.strip() direction = line[:1] steps = int(line[1:]) actions.append((direction,steps)) return actions # filename = "day01/my_example_input" # filename = "day01/example_input" # Output is 3 filename = "day01/input" # Output is 992 actions = read_input(filename) position = 50 password = 0 for action in actions: position = dial(action, position) if position == 0: password += 1 print(f"Password is {password}")