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+import fileinput
+
+
+def solve(line):
+    if line[0].isdigit():
+        if len(line) == 1:
+            return int(line[0])
+        if len(line) == 3 and line[1] == '+':
+            return int(line[0]) + int(line[2])
+        if len(line) == 3 and line[1] == '*':
+            return int(line[0]) * int(line[2])
+        if line[1] == '+':
+            if line[2] == '(':
+                depth = 1
+                for i, c in enumerate(line[3:]):
+                    if c == '(':
+                        depth += 1
+                    if c == ')':
+                        depth -= 1
+                    if depth == 0:
+                        break
+
+                inner = int(line[0]) + solve(line[3:i+3])
+                return solve([str(inner)] + line[i+4:])
+            else:
+                v = solve(line[:3])
+                return solve([str(v)] + line[3:])
+        if line[1] == '*':
+            return solve(line[:1]) * solve(line[2:])
+        raise BaseException(f"HELP {repr(line)}")
+
+
+    if line[0] == '(':
+        depth = 1
+        for i, c in enumerate(line[1:]):
+            if c == '(':
+                depth += 1
+            if c == ')':
+                depth -= 1
+            if depth == 0:
+                break
+
+        inner = str(solve(line[1:i+1]))
+        return solve([inner] + line[i+2:])
+
+summ = 0
+for line in fileinput.input():
+    line = line.replace(" ", "").strip()
+    v = solve(list(line))
+    print(line, v)
+    summ += v
+print(summ)