lines = [i for i in open("input.txt", 'r').read().splitlines()] letters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" sum = 0 for l in lines: found = False for c in l[:int(len(l)/2)]: for d in l[int(len(l)/2):]: if c == d: if not found: sum += letters.index(c)+1 found = True print(sum)