correct answer

Day 4/code.py

@@ -1,37 +1,13 @@
 start = 272091
 end = 815432
-
-index = start
-
 count = 0
 
+for i in range(start, end):
+    code = [int(x) for x in list(str(i))]
 
-def ascending(index):
-    for i in range(len(str(index)) - 1):
-
-        a, b = str(index)[i], str(index)[i + 1]
-
-        if a > b:
-            index += 10 ** (len(str(index)) - i - 2) * abs(int(b) - int(a))
-            return ascending(index)
-            break
-    return index
-
-
-while True:
-    index = ascending(index)
-
-    if index > end:
-        break
-
-    for i in range(len(str(index)) - 1):
-        a, b = str(index)[i], str(index)[i + 1]
-
-        if a == b:
-            count += 1
-            print(index)
-            break
-
-    index += 1
-
+    if code == sorted(code):
+        for c in code:
+            if code.count(c) >= 2:
+                count += 1
+                break
 print(count)