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    def process(input, part2=False):
        if part2:
            input = re.sub(r'don\'t\(\).+?do\(\)', '', input) # remove everything between don't() and do()
        total = [ int(i[0]) * int(i[1]) for i in re.findall(r'mul\((\d+),(\d+)\)', input) ]
        return sum(total)
    

    Given the structure of the input file, we just have to ignore everything between don’t() and do(), so remove those from the instructions before processing.