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+CC=gcc
+CFLAGS=-std=gnu99 -O2 -g -Wall -Wextra -Wshadow
+PROJECT=aoc_day4
+
+%.o: %.c
+	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
+
+$(PROJECT): aoc_day4.o
+	$(CC) -o aoc_day4 aoc_day4.o
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diff --git a/day4/c/aoc_day4.c b/day4/c/aoc_day4.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+
+#define RESET   "\033[0m"
+#define RED     "\033[31m"
+
+#define DEBUG
+#define INPUT_FILE			("../input_test.txt")
+#define MAX_NUMBERS_DRAWN	(1024)
+#define MAX_BOARDS			(256)
+/*
+	Think of the win_conditions array as this table of win conditions
+	WIN CONDITIONS
+	* x x x x	x * x x x	x x * x x	x x x * x	x x x x *
+	* x x x x	x * x x x	x x * x x	x x x * x	x x x x *
+	* x x x x	x * x x x	x x * x x	x x x * x	x x x x *
+	* x x x x	x * x x x	x x * x x	x x x * x	x x x x *
+	* x x x x	x * x x x	x x * x x	x x x * x	x x x x *
+
+	* * * * *	x x x x x	x x x x x	x x x x x	x x x x x
+	x x x x x	* * * * *	x x x x x	x x x x x	x x x x x
+	x x x x x	x x x x x	* * * * *	x x x x x	x x x x x
+	x x x x x	x x x x x	x x x x x	* * * * *	x x x x x
+	x x x x x	x x x x x	x x x x x	x x x x x	* * * * *
+
+	* x x x x	x x x x *
+	x * x x x	x x x * x
+	x x * x x	x x * x x
+	x x x * x	x * x x x
+	x x x x *	* x x x x
+ */
+
+
+const uint32_t win_conditions[12] =
+	{
+		0b00000000000100001000010000100001,
+		0b00000000001000010000100001000010,
+		0b00000000010000100001000010000100,
+		0b00000000100001000010000100001000,
+		0b00000001000010000100001000010000,
+		0b00000000000000000000000000011111,
+		0b00000000000000000000001111100000,
+		0b00000000000000000111110000000000,
+		0b00000000000011111000000000000000,
+		0b00000001111100000000000000000000,
+		0b00000001000001000001000001000001,
+		0b00000000000100010001000100010000,
+	};
+
+
+typedef struct board_t
+{
+	uint8_t matrix[5][5];
+	// idk what to call this
+	// its just a u32, if the number in a slot x has been drawn,
+	// then a 1 will be in that bit position inside of this number
+	// example: slot[3][4] = (3 * 5) + 4 = 19, if this slot has been drawn,
+	// bit position 19 will be a 1
+	uint32_t output;
+	uint8_t most_recently_drawn;
+}board_t;
+
+bool bingo_board_win_check(const board_t* board);
+int bingo_board_compute_answer(const board_t* board);
+bool bingo_add_new_entry(board_t* board, uint8_t num);
+void print_bingo_board(const board_t* board);
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	int p1_answer = 0;
+	board_t bingo_bank[MAX_BOARDS];
+	uint16_t bingo_board_count = 0;
+
+	uint8_t bingo_drawn_numbers[MAX_NUMBERS_DRAWN];
+	uint16_t bingo_drawn_numbers_ct = 0;
+
+	memset(bingo_bank, 0, sizeof(board_t) * MAX_BOARDS);
+
+
+	FILE* fp = fopen(INPUT_FILE, "r");
+	if(fp == NULL)
+	{
+		printf("Failed to open input file for reading...\n");
+		exit(-1);
+	}
+
+	size_t len;
+	ssize_t rc;
+	char* line = NULL;
+	rc = getline(&line, &len, fp);
+	const char* delim = ", \r\n";
+	char* tok = strtok(line, delim);
+	while(tok != NULL)
+	{
+		bingo_drawn_numbers[bingo_drawn_numbers_ct++] =
+			strtoul(tok, NULL, 10);
+		tok = strtok(NULL, delim);
+	}
+
+	while(bingo_board_count < MAX_BOARDS && fp != NULL)
+	{
+		// continue to numbers....
+		char c = '\0';
+		while(!isdigit(c) && !feof(fp))
+		{
+			c = fgetc(fp);
+		}
+		if(feof(fp))
+		{
+			break;
+		}
+		fseek(fp, -1, SEEK_CUR);
+		for(int ind = 0; ind < 5; ind++)
+		{
+			rc = getline(&line, &len, fp);
+			if(rc < 0)
+			{
+				printf("some error while parsing");
+				exit(-1);
+			}
+			printf("Reading in this line: %s", line);
+			sscanf(line,
+				   "%2" SCNu8 " "
+				   "%2" SCNu8 " "
+				   "%2" SCNu8 " "
+				   "%2" SCNu8 " "
+				   "%2" SCNu8 " ",
+					   &bingo_bank[bingo_board_count].matrix[ind][0],
+					   &bingo_bank[bingo_board_count].matrix[ind][1],
+					   &bingo_bank[bingo_board_count].matrix[ind][2],
+					   &bingo_bank[bingo_board_count].matrix[ind][3],
+					   &bingo_bank[bingo_board_count].matrix[ind][4]);
+		}
+		printf("done reading lines\n\n");
+		bingo_board_count++;
+	}
+
+	#ifdef DEBUG
+	for(int ind = 0; ind < bingo_board_count; ind++)
+	{
+		print_bingo_board(&bingo_bank[ind]);
+	}
+	#endif
+
+	for(int ind = 0; ind < bingo_drawn_numbers_ct; ind++)
+	{
+		printf("... drawing number ... Number #%d!\n", bingo_drawn_numbers[ind]);
+		for(int board = 0; board < bingo_board_count; board++)
+		{
+			if(bingo_add_new_entry(&bingo_bank[board], bingo_drawn_numbers[ind]))
+			{
+				p1_answer = bingo_board_compute_answer(&bingo_bank[board]);
+				#ifdef DEBUG
+				print_bingo_board(&bingo_bank[board]);
+				#endif
+				break;
+			}
+			#ifdef DEBUG
+			print_bingo_board(&bingo_bank[board]);
+			#endif
+		}
+		if(p1_answer != 0)
+		{
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	printf("Answer for part 1: %d\n", p1_answer);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+// returns
+bool bingo_add_new_entry(board_t* board, uint8_t num)
+{
+	for(int ind = 0; ind < 5; ind++)
+	{
+		for(int jind = 0; jind < 5; jind++)
+		{
+			if(board->matrix[ind][jind] == num)
+			{
+				board->output |= (1 << (ind * 5 + jind));
+				board->most_recently_drawn = num;
+				return bingo_board_win_check(board);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+
+bool bingo_board_win_check(const board_t* board)
+{
+	for(int wc = 0; wc < 12; wc++)
+	{
+		// found a winner check
+		if((board->output & win_conditions[wc]) == win_conditions[wc])
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+int bingo_board_compute_answer(const board_t* board)
+{
+	int result = 0;
+	for(int ind = 0; ind < 5; ind++)
+	{
+		for(int jind = 0; jind < 5; jind++)
+		{
+			if(!(board->output & (1 << ((ind * 5) + jind))))
+			{
+				result += board->matrix[ind][jind];
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	result *= board->most_recently_drawn;
+	return result;
+}
+
+void print_bingo_board(const board_t* board)
+{
+	printf("\n");
+	for(int ind = 0; ind < 5; ind++)
+	{
+		for(int jind = 0; jind < 5; jind++)
+		{
+			if(board->output & (1 << ((ind * 5) + jind)))
+			{
+				printf(RED "%2d " RESET, board->matrix[ind][jind]);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				printf("%2d ", board->matrix[ind][jind]);
+			}
+		}
+		printf("\r\n");
+	}
+}
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