From 84403086cc9967442e22257dad0b3c4abb359e45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Kaplan <code@jdkaplan.dev>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:09:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 2017 Day 9 Part 2

---
 2017/day09.py | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/2017/day09.py b/2017/day09.py
index 55945de..fa4151a 100644
--- a/2017/day09.py
+++ b/2017/day09.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-def part1(text):
-    return score(clean(text))
-
-
-def clean(text: str) -> str:
+def clean(text: str) -> tuple[str, int]:
     out = ""
+    removed = 0
+
     i = 0
     garbage = False
     while i < len(text):
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ def clean(text: str) -> str:
         if garbage and c == ">":
             garbage = False
         elif garbage:
-            pass
+            removed += 1
         elif c == "<":
             garbage = True
         else:
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ def clean(text: str) -> str:
         i += 1
 
     assert not garbage, "All garbage must be closed"
-    return out
+    return out, removed
 
 
 def score(text: str) -> int:
@@ -43,4 +41,7 @@ def score(text: str) -> int:
 with open("input/day09.txt") as f:
     puzzle_input = f.read()
 
-print(part1(puzzle_input))
+
+groups, garbage = clean(puzzle_input)
+print(score(groups))
+print(garbage)