sorted out day 10 part 1. easy peasy.

10/10.py

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+expectedouts = {"[" : "]", "{" : "}", "(" : ")", "<" : ">"}
+outscores = {")" : 3, "]" : 57, "}" : 1197, ">": 25137}
+chunkstack = []
+totalscore = 0
+
+while True:
+    newline = input()
+    if newline == '':
+        break
+    readline = list(newline)
+    while len(readline) > 0:
+        currentitem = readline.pop(0)
+        if currentitem in expectedouts.keys():
+            chunkstack.append(currentitem)
+        else:
+            lastopener = chunkstack.pop()
+            if currentitem != expectedouts[lastopener]:
+                print(newline + " - Expected " + expectedouts[lastopener] + ", but found " + currentitem + "instead.")
+                totalscore += outscores[currentitem]
+
+print(str(totalscore))