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3/onestar.py

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+def priority(item):
+    if item < 'a':
+        # uppercase
+        return ord(item)-38
+    else:
+        # lowercase
+        return ord(item)-96
+
+priorities = []
+with open("input.txt", "r") as f:
+    for line in f.readlines():
+        line = line.strip("\n")
+        #print(line)
+        h = int(len(line)/2)
+        left = line[:h]
+        right = line[h:]
+        print(left, end=" | ")
+        print(right)
+        for c in left:
+            if c in right:
+                priorities.append(priority(c))
+                print(c)
+                break
+print(sum(priorities))