diff --git a/2024/day5/part1/Cargo.lock b/2024/day5/part1/Cargo.lock
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+++ b/2024/day5/part1/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "part1"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/2024/day5/part1/Cargo.toml b/2024/day5/part1/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "part1"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/2024/day5/part1/src/main.rs b/2024/day5/part1/src/main.rs
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+++ b/2024/day5/part1/src/main.rs
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+use std::fs;
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut lines: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+    // offset so the vec lines can actually start at 1 and not curse me
+    lines.push("a".parse().unwrap());
+    for i in fs::read_to_string("input.txt")
+        .unwrap()
+        .lines()
+        .map(String::from) {
+        lines.push(i);
+    };
+    let lineslen = lines.len();
+
+
+    // get the line which is empty to split into the First and Second bit
+    let mut sep = 0;
+    for i in 1..lines.len() {
+        if lines[i].trim() == "" {
+            println!("the line empty is {}",i);
+            sep = i;
+        }
+    };
+
+    let mut rul = Vec::new();
+    for i in 1..sep {
+        rul.push(lines[i].clone())
+    };
+    println!("rul {:?}",rul);
+
+    let mut seq = Vec::new();
+    for i in sep+1..lineslen {
+        seq.push(lines[i].clone());
+    }
+    println!("seq {:?}",seq);
+
+
+    let mut finalvec: Vec<Vec<i32>> = Vec::new();
+    'l1: for seq1 in seq {
+        let seqvec: Vec<i32> = seq1.split(",").map(|a| a.parse().unwrap()).collect();
+        let mut allow = true;
+        'l2: for rul2 in rul.clone() {
+
+            let rulez: Vec<String> = rul2.split("|").map(|a| a.to_string()).collect();
+            let r1: i32 = rulez[0].clone().parse().unwrap();
+            let r2: i32 = rulez[1].clone().parse().unwrap();
+
+            if seqvec.contains(&r1) && seqvec.contains(&r2) {
+                if let Some(pos1) = seqvec.iter().position(|a| a == &r1) {
+                    if let Some(pos2) = seqvec.iter().position(|a| a == &r2) {
+                        if pos1 > pos2 {
+                            println!("not allowed for {:?}, continued!!!!",seq1);
+                            allow = false;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if allow {
+            finalvec.push(seqvec)
+        }
+    }
+    for i in &finalvec {
+        println!("finalvec: {:?}",i)
+    }
+
+    let mut total = 0;
+    for i in &finalvec {
+        total += i[i.len()/2]
+    }
+    println!("{}",total)
+}