#!/usr/bin/env python3 import re, sys def bp(l): return int(re.sub('[FL]', '0', re.sub('[BR]', '1', l)), base=2) fn = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 'input5' with open(fn) as f: lines = [l.strip() for l in f.readlines()] sl = sorted(bp(l) for l in lines) print(sl[-1]) print(next(a+1 for a, b in zip(sl, sl[1:]) if a + 1 != b))