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diff --git a/2018/2/part1.py b/2018/2/part1.py
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+with open('input.txt') as input:
+    lines = [line.strip('\n') for line in input.readlines()]
+    two = 0
+    three = 0
+    for line in lines:
+        for char in 'qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm':
+            if line.count(char) == 2:
+                two += 1
+                break
+        for char in 'qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm':
+            if line.count(char) == 3:
+                three += 1
+                break
+    print(two, three, two * three)
diff --git a/2018/2/part2.py b/2018/2/part2.py
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index 0000000..0feb2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2018/2/part2.py
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+with open('input.txt') as input:
+    lines = [line.strip('\n') for line in input.readlines()]
+
+    for line1 in lines:
+        for line2 in lines:
+            i = 0
+            amt = 0
+            for i in range(len(line1)):
+                if line1[i] != line2[i]:
+                    diff = i
+                    amt += 1
+                    if amt > 1:
+                        break
+                i += 1
+            if amt == 1:
+                print(line1 + '\n' + line2)
+                print('you can figure out where the different char is')
+                break
+        if amt == 1:
+            break