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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import re
+
+with open('day8.txt') as data:
+    strings = [line.strip() for line in data]
+
+# part 1
+total = 0
+for string in strings:
+    orig_len = len(string)
+    eval_len = len(eval(string))
+    total += orig_len - eval_len
+
+print(total)
+
+# part 2
+def encode(s):
+    result = ''
+    for c in s:
+        if c == '"':
+            result += '\\\"'
+        elif c == '\\':
+            result += '\\\\'
+        else:
+            result += c
+    return '"' + result + '"'
+
+total = 0
+for string in strings:
+    encoded = encode(string)
+    total += len(encoded) - len(string)
+
+print(total)