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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import json
+
+
+
+def solve_partn(partn, data):
+    # Primitive data types
+    if isinstance(data, int) or isinstance(data, float):
+        return data
+    elif isinstance(data, str):
+        return 0
+
+    # Composite data types
+    result = 0
+    if isinstance(data, list):
+        for d in data:
+            result += solve_partn(partn, d)
+    elif isinstance(data, dict):
+        for d in data.values():
+            # Part 2: skip all objects containing "red" as value
+            if partn == 2 and isinstance(d, str) and d == "red":
+                return 0
+            else:
+                result += solve_partn(partn, d)
+    return result
+
+
+
+def main():
+    # Read the JSON data from the input text file
+    with open("input.txt", "r") as f:
+        data = json.loads(f.read())
+
+    print("Part 1 solution:", solve_partn(1, data)) # 119433 for me
+    print("Part 2 solution:", solve_partn(2, data)) #  68466 for me
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()