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+
+f = open("input");
+#f = open("testinput");
+
+'''
+test1 = ord("a") - ord("A");
+test2 = ord("b") - ord("B");
+test3 = ord("c") - ord("C");
+
+print(test1, "  ",test2, "  ",test3, "  ")
+
+'''
+
+cdiff = 32;
+
+def polymer_d(a,b):
+	return (cdiff == abs(ord(a) - ord(b)));
+
+
+myinput = f.read();
+print(myinput);
+print(len(myinput));
+
+is_poly = True;
+'''
+while is_poly:
+	is_poly = False;
+	for x in range(1,len(myinput)):
+		x1 = myinput[x-1];
+		x2 = myinput[x];
+		if polymer_d(x1,x2):
+			#print((x1+x2));
+			#myinput = myinput.replace((x1+x2),"");
+			myinput = myinput[
+			is_poly = True;
+			break;
+		#is_poly = False;
+'''	
+
+while is_poly:
+	is_poly = False;
+	sub = "";
+	for x in range(2,len(myinput)):
+		
+		x1 = myinput[x-2];
+		x2 = myinput[x-1];
+		if polymer_d(x1,x2):
+			myinput = sub + myinput[x:];
+			is_poly = True;
+			break;
+		else:
+			sub += x1;
+#print(myinput);
+print(len(myinput));
+print(myinput);
+myinput.rstrip("\n");
+
+print("part 1", len(myinput) -1);
+#9687 too high
+#minus 1 helped lol, not sure why