# import modules from collections import Counter # read input file with open("adventofcode2022/day6/day6input.txt", "r") as file: for line in file: datastream = line.strip() # find marker with 4 unique characters for i in range(3, len(datastream) - 3): # check character frequency in marker marker = datastream[i - 4 : i] freq = Counter(marker) # print first marker with 4 unique characters if len(freq) == 4: print(i) break