data = [] file = open('input.txt','r') for s in file: val = s.split(':') data.append(val) valid = 0 for d in data: search = d[0][-1] amount = d[0].replace(' ' + search,'').split('-') low = int(amount[0]) high = int(amount[1]) count = 0 if (d[1][low] == search) != (d[1][high] == search): valid += 1 print(valid)