import re lines = (list(map(lambda a: a.split(':'), x.strip().split())) for x in open("input.txt")) passport = {} count = 0 must_have = {'iyr', 'hcl', 'hgt', 'pid', 'ecl', 'eyr', 'byr'} def check_passport(pp): valid = len(set(pp).intersection(must_have)) == len(must_have) if not valid: return 0 return 1 for line in lines: if len(line) == 0: count += check_passport(passport) passport = {} for key, val in line: passport[key] = val count += check_passport(passport) print(count)