From c94243bd264f3e4203c2f88aa8be72cb5d570364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alangnt <geirnaert.alan@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:55:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] chore: updated README with today's challenge link

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5dd0c2..c6df21f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Feel free to explore, learn, and share your own approaches.
 - [ ] **3/18:** [Flight Vouchers](https://github.com/codedex-io/daily-challenges/tree/main/march-2026/3-18-flight-vouchers) 🏖️
 - [ ] **3/19:** [March Madness](https://github.com/codedex-io/daily-challenges/tree/main/march-2026/3-19-march-madness) 🏀
 - [ ] **3/20:** Cherry Blossoms 🌸
-- [ ] **3/21:** First Tweet 🐦
+- [x] **3/21:** [First Tweet](https://github.com/codedex-io/daily-challenges/tree/main/march-2026/3-21-first-tweet) 🐦
 - [ ] **3/22:** ❓❓❓
 - [ ] **3/23:** ❓❓❓
 - [ ] **3/24:** ❓❓❓

From 359845687a4a0bd8a89dd44e469c63d7b243d162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alangnt <geirnaert.alan@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 18:57:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] feat: first tweet python solution with explanations

---
 march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py

diff --git a/march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py b/march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ac577c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+def tweet_balance(tweet):
+  # first we split the tweet and initialize the char count
+  split_tweet = tweet.split(" ")
+  char_count = 0
+
+  # for each word in the split tweet
+  for word in split_tweet:
+    # if @ add 20
+    if word.startswith("@"):
+      char_count += 20
+    # if url add 23
+    elif word.startswith("http://") or word.startswith("https://"):
+      char_count += 23
+    else:
+      # for each character
+      for char in word:
+        # if ascii value more than 0x1F000 it means it's an emoji
+        if ord(char) > 0x1F000:
+          char_count += 2
+        else:
+          char_count += 1
+
+    # space after each word
+    char_count += 1
+
+  # no trailing space after last word
+  char_count -= 1
+
+  return (140 - char_count)
\ No newline at end of file

From 19602f3f9911e9b76f7f403fc0770630bd663f52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alangnt <geirnaert.alan@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:04:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix: checks if ascii is >= 0x1F000

---
 march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py b/march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py
index 3ac577c..b3d8416 100644
--- a/march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py
+++ b/march-2026/3-20-first-tweet/first-tweet.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ def tweet_balance(tweet):
     else:
       # for each character
       for char in word:
-        # if ascii value more than 0x1F000 it means it's an emoji
-        if ord(char) > 0x1F000:
+        # if ascii value at least 0x1F000 it means it's an emoji
+        if ord(char) >= 0x1F000:
           char_count += 2
         else:
           char_count += 1