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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import fileinput
+
+
+def evaluate(s: str):
+    s = s[1:-1]  # remove surrounding quotes
+    out = []
+    i = 0
+    while i < len(s):
+        if s[i] == "\\":
+            nxt = s[i + 1]
+            if nxt == '"':
+                out.append('"')
+                i += 2
+            elif nxt == "\\":
+                out.append("\\")
+                i += 2
+            elif nxt == "x":
+                c = chr(int(s[i + 2 : i + 4], 16))
+                out.append(c)
+                i += 4
+        else:
+            out.append(s[i])
+            i += 1
+    return "".join(out)
+
+
+def part1(inp):
+    total = 0
+    for line in inp:
+        code_len = len(line)
+        evaluated = evaluate(line)
+        str_len = len(evaluated)
+        total += code_len - str_len
+    return total
+
+
+def escape(s):
+    return
+
+
+def part2(inp):
+    total = 0
+    trans = str.maketrans({"\\": r"\\", '"': '\\"'})
+    for line in inp:
+        code_len = len(line)
+        escaped = f'"{line.translate(trans)}"'
+        escaped_len = len(escaped)
+        total += escaped_len - code_len
+    return total
+
+
+def main(inp):
+    print("Part 1: ", part1(inp))
+    print("Part 2: ", part2(inp))
+
+
+def tests():
+    inp = [
+        '""',
+        '"abc"',
+        '"aaa\\"aaa"',
+        '"\\x27"',
+        # r'"vvdnb\\x\\uhnxfw\"dpubfkxfmeuhnxisd"',
+    ]
+    part2(inp)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    lines = [x.rstrip() for x in fileinput.input()]
+    main(lines)