diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+input.txt
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diff --git a/2022/5/main.py b/2022/5/main.py
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+input = open('input.txt', 'r').read().splitlines()
+
+def get_visualization():
+    currentLines = []
+    for l in input:
+        if l != '':
+            currentLines.append(l)
+        else:
+            break
+    return currentLines
+
+def get_boxes():
+    columns = {}
+    visualization = get_visualization()
+    
+    for line in visualization[:-1]:
+        chunks = [line[i:i+4].strip() for i in range(0, len(line), 4)]
+        for i, chunk in enumerate(chunks, 1):
+            if chunk and chunk != '':
+                # Remove brackets
+                item = chunk.strip('[]')
+                if i not in columns:
+                    columns[i] = []
+                columns[i].append(item)
+    
+    return columns
+
+def parse_instructions():
+    instructions = input[input.index('')+1:]
+    parsed_insts = []
+    for inst in instructions:
+        inst = inst.split()
+        amount = int(inst[1])
+        from_stack = int(inst[3])
+        to_stack = int(inst[5])
+        parsed_insts.append({'amount': amount, 'fromStack': from_stack, 'toStack': to_stack})
+    return parsed_insts
+
+def get_code(boxes):
+    code = ''
+    for key, value in sorted(boxes.items()):
+        code += value[0]
+    return code
+
+def part1():
+    instructions = parse_instructions()
+    boxes = get_boxes()
+
+    for inst in instructions:
+        amount = inst['amount']
+        from_stack = inst['fromStack']
+        to_stack = inst['toStack']
+        # this just runs the code the amount of times necessary, thus the amt variable never gets used
+        for amt in range(amount):
+            boxes[to_stack].insert(0, boxes[from_stack].pop(0))
+    return get_code(boxes)
+
+
+def part2():
+    instructions = parse_instructions()
+    boxes = get_boxes()
+    for inst in instructions:
+        amount = int(inst['amount'])
+        from_stack = inst['fromStack']
+        to_stack = inst['toStack']
+        
+        # heres the sauce
+        to_move = boxes[from_stack][:amount]
+        boxes[from_stack] = boxes[from_stack][amount:]
+        boxes[to_stack] = to_move + boxes[to_stack]
+    
+    return get_code(boxes)
+
+print('Part1:', part1())
+print('Part2:', part2())
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