scores = { "A X": 3 + 1, "A Y": 6 + 2, "A Z": 0 + 3, "B X": 0 + 1, "B Y": 3 + 2, "B Z": 6 + 3, "C X": 6 + 1, "C Y": 0 + 2, "C Z": 3 + 3, } score = 0 with open("2.in") as fh: for line in fh: line = line.strip() score += scores[line] print(score)