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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- encoding: utf-8; py-indent-offset: 4 -*-
+
+# Author: Sebastian Mark
+# CC-BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de)
+
+# pylint: disable=missing-module-docstring,missing-function-docstring,consider-using-f-string
+
+from itertools import product
+
+
+def readinput():
+    with open("input", "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
+        lines = file.readlines()
+    return lines
+
+
+def operator_left_to_right(numbers: list, operators: list) -> int:
+    result = numbers[0]
+
+    for i, op in enumerate(operators):
+        if op == "+":
+            result += numbers[i + 1]
+        elif op == "*":
+            result *= numbers[i + 1]
+        elif op == "||":
+            result = int(str(result) + str(numbers[i + 1]))
+
+    return result
+
+
+def is_valid_calibration(target: int, numbers: list, operators: list) -> bool:
+    for op_iteration in product(operators, repeat=len(numbers) - 1):
+        result = operator_left_to_right(numbers, op_iteration)
+        if result == target:
+            return True
+    return False
+
+
+def get_calibration(line: list) -> (int, list):
+    target = int(line.split(":")[0])
+    numbers = list(map(int, line.split()[1:]))
+
+    return target, numbers
+
+
+def main():
+    calibrations = readinput()
+
+    # part 1
+    count = 0
+    operators = ["+", "*"]
+    for line in calibrations:
+        target, numbers = get_calibration(line)
+        if is_valid_calibration(target, numbers, operators):
+            count += target
+    print("Calibration result: %d" % count)
+
+    # part 2
+    count = 0
+    operators = ["+", "*", "||"]
+    for line in calibrations:
+        target, numbers = get_calibration(line)
+        if is_valid_calibration(target, numbers, operators):
+            count += target
+    print("Calibration result (with concat): %d" % count)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()