diff --git a/day-14/day-14.py b/day-14/day-14.py
index e18ffc6..5910284 100644
--- a/day-14/day-14.py
+++ b/day-14/day-14.py
@@ -3,16 +3,15 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 
-def part_1(input):
+def solve(input, part, num_cycles):
     result = 0
-    template = input.pop(0).strip()
-    input.pop(0)
-    rules = {k.strip(): v.strip()
-             for line in input for k, v in [line.strip().split('->')]}
+    template = input[0].strip()
+    rules = {k: v
+             for line in input[2:] for k, v in [line.strip().split(' -> ')]}
     counts = defaultdict(int)
     for i in range(len(template) - 1):
         counts[template[i: i + 2]] += 1
-    for _ in range(10):
+    for _ in range(num_cycles):
         tmp_cnts = counts.copy()
         for k in tmp_cnts:
             if k in rules:
@@ -28,46 +27,15 @@ def part_1(input):
     char_counts[template[-1]] += 1
     for k in char_counts:
         char_counts[k] //= 2
-    char_counts = sorted(char_counts.items(),
-                         key=lambda kv: kv[1])
-    result = char_counts[-1][1] - char_counts[0][1]
-    print("Part 1 result:", result)
+    counts = [char_counts[k] // 2 for k in char_counts]
+    result = max(counts) - min(counts)
+    print("Part", part, "result:", result)
 
 
-def part_2(input):
-    result = 0
-    template = input.pop(0).strip()
-    input.pop(0)
-    rules = {k.strip(): v.strip()
-             for line in input for k, v in [line.strip().split('->')]}
-    counts = defaultdict(int)
-    for i in range(len(template) - 1):
-        counts[template[i: i + 2]] += 1
-    for _ in range(40):
-        tmp_cnts = counts.copy()
-        for k in tmp_cnts:
-            if k in rules:
-                c = tmp_cnts[k]
-                counts[k] -= c
-                counts[k[0] + rules[k]] += c
-                counts[rules[k] + k[1]] += c
-    char_counts = defaultdict(int)
-    for k in counts:
-        char_counts[k[0]] += counts[k]
-        char_counts[k[1]] += counts[k]
-    char_counts[template[0]] += 1
-    char_counts[template[-1]] += 1
-    for k in char_counts:
-        char_counts[k] //= 2
-    char_counts = sorted(char_counts.items(),
-                         key=lambda kv: kv[1])
-    result = char_counts[-1][1] - char_counts[0][1]
-    print("Part 2 result:", result)
-
 
 input = list()
 p = Path(__file__).with_name('input.txt')
 with open(p) as f:
     input = f.readlines()
-    part_1(input.copy())
-    part_2(input.copy())
+    solve(input, 1, 10)
+    solve(input, 2, 40)