AOC2020 Day 2

#P2:
import collections

dic = collections.defaultdict(int)
valid = 0
entries = open("input2.txt", "r").read().split('\n')[:-1]
for entry in entries:
    password = entry.split(':')[1][1:]
    limits = ((entry.split(':')[0]).split(' ')[0]).split('-')
    policy_char = (entry.split(':')[0]).split(' ')[1]
    if (password[int(limits[0])-1] == policy_char) ^ (password[int(limits[1])-1] == policy_char):
        valid += 1
print(valid)

#P1:
import collections
dic = collections.defaultdict(int)
valid = 0
entries = open("input2.txt", "r").read().split('\n')[:-1]
for entry in entries:
    password = entry.split(':')[1][1:]
    limits = ((entry.split(':')[0]).split(' ')[0]).split('-')
    policy_char = (entry.split(':')[0]).split(' ')[1]
    policy_char_repeats = 0
    for char in password:
        if char == policy_char:
            policy_char_repeats += 1
    if int(limits[0]) <= policy_char_repeats <= int(limits[1]):
        valid += 1

print(valid)