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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# 2021 - Advent Of Code - 8 part 2
+
+# acedgfb cdfbe gcdfa fbcad dab cefabd cdfgeb eafb cagedb ab | cdfeb fcadb cdfeb cdbaf
+
+def parse_file(file):
+    numbers_list = []
+    outputs = []
+    with open(file) as f:
+        for line in f.readlines():
+            numbers, output = line.strip().split(' | ')
+            numbers_list.append(numbers)
+            outputs.append(output)
+
+    return numbers_list, outputs
+
+
+def print_numbers(id):
+    print('identified numbers:')
+    for i in range(10):
+        print(f'{i} is {id[i]}')
+
+
+# entries, displays = parse_file('input_example1.txt')
+entries, displays = parse_file('input.txt')
+
+output_sum = 0
+for entry, display in zip(entries, displays):
+    identified_numbers = [-1] * 10
+    words = entry.split(' ')
+
+    # size of pattern for 1, 4, 7 and 8 is unique
+    identified_numbers[1] = set([x for x in words if len(x) == 2][0])
+    identified_numbers[7] = set([x for x in words if len(x) == 3][0])
+    identified_numbers[4] = set([x for x in words if len(x) == 4][0])
+    identified_numbers[8] = set([x for x in words if len(x) == 7][0])
+
+    # size 6 pattern that doesn't include 4, nor 1 -> 6
+    # size 6 pattern that includes 4 and 1 -> 9
+    # the remaining size 6 pattern -> 0
+    size_six = set([x for x in words if len(x) == 6])
+    for s in size_six:
+        if identified_numbers[1].issubset(s) and identified_numbers[4].issubset(s):
+            identified_numbers[9] = s
+        if not identified_numbers[1].issubset(s) and not identified_numbers[4].issubset(s):
+            identified_numbers[6] = s
+
+    size_six.remove(identified_numbers[9])
+    identified_numbers[9] = set(identified_numbers[9])
+    size_six.remove(identified_numbers[6])
+    identified_numbers[6] = set(identified_numbers[6])
+    identified_numbers[0] = set(next(iter(size_six)))
+
+    # size 5 pattern that includes 7 -> 3
+    # size 5 pattern that only missed one element to be a 9 pattern -> 5
+    # the remaining size 5 pattern -> 2
+    size_five = set([x for x in words if len(x) == 5])
+    for s in size_five:
+        if identified_numbers[7].issubset(s):
+            identified_numbers[3] = s
+    size_five.remove(identified_numbers[3])
+    identified_numbers[3] = set(identified_numbers[3])
+
+    for s in size_five:
+        if len(identified_numbers[9] - set(s)) == 1:
+            identified_numbers[5] = s
+            break
+    size_five.remove(identified_numbers[5])
+    identified_numbers[5] = set(identified_numbers[5])
+
+    identified_numbers[2] = set(next(iter(size_five)))
+    # print_numbers(identified_numbers)
+
+    words = display.split(' ')
+    str_num = ""
+    for d in words:
+        n = identified_numbers.index(set(d))
+        str_num += str(n)
+    output_sum += int(str_num)
+
+print(f'output_sum: {output_sum}')