4a.py

#Advent of code
# 12/9/2020 day4 4a

filename = "data4.txt"
file = open(filename)
filestr = file.read()
a_list = filestr.split("\n\n")
maxindex = len(a_list)
print(a_list)
print(f"maxindex={maxindex}, maxcolumns={len(a_list[0])}")
b_list = []
for b in a_list:
    b_new = b.replace("\n", " ")
    b_list.append(b_new)
print(b_list)

num_valid = 0
for b in b_list:
    if ("ecl:" in b) and ("pid:" in b) and ("eyr:") in b and ("hcl:" in b) and ("byr:" in b) and ("iyr:" in b) and ("hgt:" in b):
        num_valid = num_valid + 1
        #print(f"{b}\n")
print(f"Number of valid passports = {num_valid}")

#ecl:gry pid:860033327 eyr:2020 hcl:#fffffd
#byr:1937 iyr:2017 cid:147 hgt:183cm