started a little late today, however this one was really fun so far.

05/main.py

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+# doing python again because i want to :^)
+
+lines = open("input.txt").read().split("\n")
+
+
+#i will use this if i ever need it, for now it's faster to not use it
+#scores = []
+
+lastScore = 0
+
+
+# its binary, time to understand bitshifting
+
+
+
+for line in lines:
+    if len(line) > 3: #idk i picked 3 just cuz, sometimes python just has empty string after split
+        b = int(line.lower().replace("f", "0").replace("b","1").replace("l","0").replace("r","1"), 2)
+        row = b >> 3
+        col = b & int("0000000111", 2) # idk if you can do this with bitshifting too, this felt kinda cheap
+        score = row * 8 + col
+        if score > lastScore:
+            lastScore = score
+
+print(lastScore)
+