day1-2.py

seq = []
msg_result = f"The answer is %d.\n"

file = open('day1-input.txt', 'r')
for line in file.readlines():
    seq.append(int(line.rstrip()))

seq.sort()


def summer(num1, num2, num3):
    msg_skip = "skipping..."
    msg_dupl = "(duplicates)"
    msg_toobig = "(first sum too big)"
    msg_test = f"\ntesting %d + %d + %d..."
    msg_fail = "nope."
    msg_pass = "yep!"

    print(msg_test % (num1, num2, num3))
    if num1 == num2 | num2 == num3 | num1 == num3:
        print(msg_skip, msg_dupl)
    elif num1 + num2 >= 2020:
        print(msg_skip, msg_toobig)
    elif num1 + num2 + num3 != 2020:
        print(msg_fail)
        return None
    else:
        print(msg_pass)
        ans = num1 * num2 * num3
        return ans


def looper(seq):
    for num1 in seq:
        for num2 in seq:
            for num3 in seq:
                ans = summer(num1, num2, num3)
                if ans != None:
                    return ans


ans = looper(seq)
print(msg_result % ans)