not sure what changed......

2/main.c

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ uint64_t power(uint64_t base, uint64_t exp) {
     for (i = 0; i < exp; i++)
         result *= base;
     return result;
- }
+}
 
 bool check_silly(uint64_t in){
     int num = numPlaces(in);

4_2/main.c

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
+#define ANSI_COLOR_RED "\x1b[31m"
+#define ANSI_COLOR_GREEN "\x1b[32m"
+#define ANSI_COLOR_RESET "\x1b[0m"
+
 char input[] =
 {
 #embed "input.txt"
@@ -28,14 +32,16 @@ uint64_t power(uint64_t base, uint64_t exp) {
 void print_field(uint8_t* surrounds){
     for(int x = 0; x < height; x++){
         for(int y = 0; y < width; y++){
-            if(/*surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)] < 4 &&*/ input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)] == '@'){
-                printf("%d", surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]);
+            if((surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]&0x80) == 0x80){
+                printf(ANSI_COLOR_GREEN"%d\t", (surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]-0x80));
             }else{
-                printf("%c", input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)]);
+                //printf("%c", input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)]);
+                printf(ANSI_COLOR_RED "%d\t", surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]);
             }
         }
-        printf("\n");
+        printf(ANSI_COLOR_RESET "\n");
     }
+    printf("==============================================\n");
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
@@ -62,71 +68,75 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
                     surrounds[(x-1)*(width+2)+(y)]      += 1;
                     surrounds[(x-1)*(width+2)+(y+1)]    += 1;
                     surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y-1)]      += 1;
-                    surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]        += 0;
+                    surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]        += 0x80;
                     surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y+1)]      += 1;
                     surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y-1)]    += 1;
                     surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y)]      += 1;
                     surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y+1)]    += 1;
             }
-            //if(surrounds[(x)*width+(y)] < 8 && input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)] == '@'){
-            //    printf("%d", surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]);
-            //}else{
-            //    printf("%c", input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)]);
-            //}
         }
-        //printf("\n");
     }
     
     uint64_t count = 0;
     uint64_t count_2 = 0;
     bool cont = true;
-    while (cont){
-        count_2 = 0;
-        for(int x = 0; x < height; x++){
-            for(int y = 0; y < width; y++){
-                if(surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)] < 4 && input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)] == '@'){
-                    count_2++;
-                    input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)] = 'x';
-                    //printf("%d", surrounds[(x)*width+(y)]);
-                }else{
-                    //printf("%c", input[(x)*width+(y)]);
+    int* removes = calloc((height)*(width)*2, sizeof(int));
+    int* new_removes = calloc((height)*(width)*2, sizeof(int));
+    int new_count_2 = 0;
+    count_2 = 0;
+    
+    for(int x = 0; x < height; x++){
+        for(int y = 0; y < width; y++){
+            if((surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]&0x7f) < 4 && (surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]&0x80) == 0x80){
+                
+                removes[count_2*2] = x;
+                removes[count_2*2+1] = y;
+                count_2++;
+                surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)] -= 0x80;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    count += count_2;
+    
+
+    while (count_2 != 0){
+        for(int i = 0; i < count_2; i++){
+            int x = removes[i*2];
+            int y = removes[i*2+1];
+            surrounds[(x-1)*(width+2)+(y-1)]    -= 1;
+            surrounds[(x-1)*(width+2)+(y)]      -= 1;
+            surrounds[(x-1)*(width+2)+(y+1)]    -= 1;
+            surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y-1)]      -= 1;
+            surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y+1)]      -= 1;
+            surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y-1)]    -= 1;
+            surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y)]      -= 1;
+            surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y+1)]    -= 1;
+        }
+
+        new_count_2 = 0;
+        for(int i = 0; i < count_2; i++){
+            int x = removes[i*2];
+            int y = removes[i*2+1];
+            for(int xd = -1; xd<=1; xd++){
+                for(int yd = -1; yd<=1; yd++){
+                    if((surrounds[(x+xd)*(width+2)+(y+yd)]) < 132 && (surrounds[(x+xd)*(width+2)+(y+yd)]) >= 128){
+                        new_removes[new_count_2*2] = x+xd;
+                        new_removes[new_count_2*2+1] = y+yd;
+
+                        surrounds[(x+xd)*(width+2)+(y+yd)] -= 0x80;
+                        new_count_2++;
+                        //}
+                    }
                 }
             }
-            //printf("\n");
         }
-        //print_field(surrounds);
+
+        memcpy(removes, new_removes, new_count_2*2*sizeof(int));
+        count_2 = new_count_2;
         count += count_2;
-        if(count_2 == 0){
-            cont = false;
-        }
-        //printf("cont: %s\n", cont ? "true" : "false");
-        //printf("count_2 = %lu\n", count_2);
-        //printf("count = %lu\n", count);
-        for(int x = 0; x < height; x++){
-            for(int y = 0; y < width; y++){
-                if(input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)] == 'x'){
-                    surrounds[(x-1)*(width+2)+(y-1)]    -= 1;
-                    surrounds[(x-1)*(width+2)+(y)]      -= 1;
-                    surrounds[(x-1)*(width+2)+(y+1)]    -= 1;
-                    surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y-1)]      -= 1;
-                    surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y)]        -= 0;
-                    surrounds[(x)*(width+2)+(y+1)]      -= 1;
-                    surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y-1)]    -= 1;
-                    surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y)]      -= 1;
-                    surrounds[(x+1)*(width+2)+(y+1)]    -= 1;
-                    input[(x)*(width+1)+(y)] = '.';
-                    //printf("%d", surrounds[(x)*width+(y)]);
-                }else{
-                    //printf("%c", input[(x)*width+(y)]);
-                }
-            }
-            //printf("\n");
-        }
-        //print_field(surrounds);
-        //sleep(1);
     }
 
-
+    free(removes);
     free(surrounds-width-1);
 
     end = clock();

5/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+client: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O3 -Wall -Wextra -g -march=x86-64-v3
+
+client-debug: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O1 -Wall -Wextra -g -fsanitize=address
+
+client-debug-nosanitize: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O1 -Wall -Wextra -g
+
+clean:
+	rm main
+
+.PHONY: clean

5/main.c

@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+char input[] =
+{
+#embed "input.txt"
+,'\0' // null terminator
+};
+
+int width = 0;
+int height = 0;
+uint64_t result = 0;
+
+
+uint64_t parseNum(char* str, int* len){
+    int i = 0;
+    uint64_t out = 0;
+    while(str[i] != ',' && str[i] != '-' && str[i] != '\n'){
+        out += str[i]-0x30;
+        out *= 10;
+        i++;
+    }
+    out /=10;
+    *len = i;
+    return out;
+}
+
+int numPlaces (uint64_t n) {
+    int r = 1;
+    while (n > 9) {
+        n /= 10;
+        r++;
+    }
+    //printf("%d has %d places\n", n, r);
+    return r;
+}
+
+uint64_t power(uint64_t base, uint64_t exp) {
+    uint64_t i, result = 1;
+    for (i = 0; i < exp; i++)
+        result *= base;
+    return result;
+}
+
+void sort_ranges(uint64_t* starts, uint64_t* ends, int len){
+    
+    for(int i = 0; i<len-1; i++){
+        int curr_min = i;
+        for(int o = i+1; o<len; o++){
+            if(starts[curr_min]>starts[o]){
+                //printf("%lu is bigger than %lu, so we have a new lowest\n", starts[curr_min], starts[o]);
+                curr_min = o;
+            }
+        }
+        uint64_t tmp_start = starts[curr_min];
+        uint64_t tmp_end = ends[curr_min];
+        
+        starts[curr_min] = starts[i];
+        ends[curr_min] = ends[i];
+
+        starts[i] = tmp_start;
+        ends[i] = tmp_end;
+    }
+}
+
+//bool check_fresh(uint64_t storage, uint64_t* starts, uint64_t* ends, int length){
+//    int guess = length/2;
+//    int diff = length/4;
+//    while(true){
+//        printf("guess is %d", guess);
+//        diff = (diff/2)+1;
+//        if(storage>starts[guess] && storage<starts[guess+1]){
+//            break;
+//        }else if(storage>starts[guess]){
+//            guess += diff;
+//        }else{
+//            guess -= diff;
+//        }
+//    }
+//    if(storage<ends[guess]){
+//        return true;
+//    }else{
+//        return false;
+//    }
+//}
+
+bool check_fresh(uint64_t storage, uint64_t* starts, uint64_t* ends, int length){
+    //printf("checking %lu", storage);
+    
+    for(int i = 0; i<length; i++){
+        if(storage>=starts[i] && storage<=ends[i]){
+            //printf(" .....fresh \t(is in range %lu - %lu)\n", starts[i], ends[i]);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //printf(" .....spoiled\n");
+    return false;
+}
+
+void join_ranges(uint64_t* starts, uint64_t* ends, int* range_count){
+    int new_count = 0;
+    for(int i = 0; i<*range_count; i++){
+        int n=0;
+        uint64_t end = ends[i];
+        while(starts[i+n+1]<=end+1){
+            n++;
+            if(end<ends[i+n]){
+                end = ends[i+n];
+            }
+        }
+        starts[new_count]=starts[i];
+        ends[new_count]=end;
+        new_count++;
+        i+=n;
+    }
+    starts[new_count+1] = ULLONG_MAX;
+    *range_count = new_count;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+    clock_t start, end;
+    start = clock();
+
+
+    //parse ranges first
+    int i = 0;
+    int range_count = 0;
+    while(input[i] != '\n'){
+        while(input[i] != '\n'){
+            i++;
+        }
+        range_count++;
+        i++;
+    }
+    //printf("range count: %d\n", range_count);
+
+    i++;
+    int storage_count = 0;
+    while(input[i] != 0){
+        while(input[i] != '\n'){
+            i++;
+        }
+        storage_count++;
+        i++;
+    }
+    //printf("Storage count: %d\n", storage_count);
+
+    uint64_t starts [range_count+1];
+    uint64_t ends   [range_count+1];
+
+    i = 0;
+    int range_num = 0;
+    int len = 0;
+    while(input[i] != '\n'){
+        starts[range_num] = parseNum(&input[i], &len);
+        i+=len+1;
+        ends[range_num] = parseNum(&input[i], &len);
+        i+=len+1;
+
+        //printf("%d-%d\n", starts[range_num], ends[range_num]);
+        range_num++;
+    }
+
+    //for(int i = 0; i<range_count; i++){
+    //    printf("%lu-%lu\n", starts[i], ends[i]);
+    //}
+
+    range_num = 0;
+    uint64_t* storage = malloc(sizeof(uint64_t)*(storage_count));
+    i++;
+    while(input[i] != 0){
+        storage[range_num] = parseNum(&input[i], &len);
+        i+=len+1;
+        
+
+        //printf("%d-%d\n", starts[range_num], ends[range_num]);
+        range_num++;
+    }
+
+    //printf("\n");
+    //for(int i = 0; i<storage_count; i++){
+    //    printf("%lu\n", storage[i]);
+    //}
+
+    sort_ranges(starts, ends, range_count);
+
+    //join_ranges(starts, ends, &range_count);
+
+    //for(int i = 0; i<range_count; i++){
+    //    printf("%lu-%lu\n", starts[i], ends[i]);
+    //}
+
+
+    for(int i = 0; i<storage_count; i++){
+        if(check_fresh(storage[i], starts, ends, range_count)){
+            result++;
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    end = clock();
+    printf("count: %lu\n", result);
+    clock_t ticks_taken = end - start; 
+    double time_taken = ((double)ticks_taken)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+    printf("time take: %f ticks\n", time_taken);
+    printf("CLOCKS_PER_SEC: %ld\n", CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
+
+
+    exit(1);
+}

5_2/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+client: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O3 -Wall -Wextra -g -march=x86-64-v3
+
+client-debug: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O1 -Wall -Wextra -g -fsanitize=address
+
+client-debug-nosanitize: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O1 -Wall -Wextra -g
+
+clean:
+	rm main
+
+.PHONY: clean

5_2/main.c

@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+char input[] =
+{
+#embed "input.txt"
+,'\0' // null terminator
+};
+
+int width = 0;
+int height = 0;
+uint64_t result = 0;
+
+
+uint64_t parseNum(char* str, int* len){
+    int i = 0;
+    uint64_t out = 0;
+    while(str[i] != ',' && str[i] != '-' && str[i] != '\n'){
+        out += str[i]-0x30;
+        out *= 10;
+        i++;
+    }
+    out /=10;
+    *len = i;
+    return out;
+}
+
+int numPlaces (uint64_t n) {
+    int r = 1;
+    while (n > 9) {
+        n /= 10;
+        r++;
+    }
+    //printf("%d has %d places\n", n, r);
+    return r;
+}
+
+uint64_t power(uint64_t base, uint64_t exp) {
+    uint64_t i, result = 1;
+    for (i = 0; i < exp; i++)
+        result *= base;
+    return result;
+}
+
+void sort_ranges(uint64_t* starts, uint64_t* ends, int len){
+    
+    for(int i = 0; i<len-1; i++){
+        int curr_min = i;
+        for(int o = i+1; o<len; o++){
+            if(starts[curr_min]>starts[o]){
+                //printf("%lu is bigger than %lu, so we have a new lowest\n", starts[curr_min], starts[o]);
+                curr_min = o;
+            }
+        }
+        uint64_t tmp_start = starts[curr_min];
+        uint64_t tmp_end = ends[curr_min];
+        
+        starts[curr_min] = starts[i];
+        ends[curr_min] = ends[i];
+
+        starts[i] = tmp_start;
+        ends[i] = tmp_end;
+    }
+}
+
+//bool check_fresh(uint64_t storage, uint64_t* starts, uint64_t* ends, int length){
+//    int guess = length/2;
+//    int diff = length/4;
+//    while(true){
+//        printf("guess is %d", guess);
+//        diff = (diff/2)+1;
+//        if(storage>starts[guess] && storage<starts[guess+1]){
+//            break;
+//        }else if(storage>starts[guess]){
+//            guess += diff;
+//        }else{
+//            guess -= diff;
+//        }
+//    }
+//    if(storage<ends[guess]){
+//        return true;
+//    }else{
+//        return false;
+//    }
+//}
+
+bool check_fresh(uint64_t storage, uint64_t* starts, uint64_t* ends, int length){
+    //printf("checking %lu", storage);
+    
+    for(int i = 0; i<length; i++){
+        if(storage>=starts[i] && storage<=ends[i]){
+            //printf(" .....fresh \t(is in range %lu - %lu)\n", starts[i], ends[i]);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    //printf(" .....spoiled\n");
+    return false;
+}
+
+void join_ranges(uint64_t* starts, uint64_t* ends, int* range_count){
+    int new_count = 0;
+    for(int i = 0; i<*range_count; i++){
+        int n=0;
+        uint64_t end = ends[i];
+        while(starts[i+n+1]<=end+1){
+            n++;
+            if(end<ends[i+n]){
+                end = ends[i+n];
+            }
+        }
+        starts[new_count]=starts[i];
+        ends[new_count]=end;
+        new_count++;
+        i+=n;
+    }
+    starts[new_count+1] = ULLONG_MAX;
+    *range_count = new_count;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+    clock_t start, end;
+    start = clock();
+
+
+    //parse ranges first
+    int i = 0;
+    int range_count = 0;
+    while(input[i] != '\n'){
+        while(input[i] != '\n'){
+            i++;
+        }
+        range_count++;
+        i++;
+    }
+    //printf("range count: %d\n", range_count);
+
+    //i++;
+    //int storage_count = 0;
+    //while(input[i] != 0){
+    //    while(input[i] != '\n'){
+    //        i++;
+    //    }
+    //    storage_count++;
+    //    i++;
+    //}
+    //printf("Storage count: %d\n", storage_count);
+
+    uint64_t starts [range_count+1];
+    uint64_t ends   [range_count+1];
+
+    i = 0;
+    int range_num = 0;
+    int len = 0;
+    while(input[i] != '\n'){
+        starts[range_num] = parseNum(&input[i], &len);
+        i+=len+1;
+        ends[range_num] = parseNum(&input[i], &len);
+        i+=len+1;
+
+        //printf("%d-%d\n", starts[range_num], ends[range_num]);
+        range_num++;
+    }
+
+    //for(int i = 0; i<range_count; i++){
+    //    printf("%lu-%lu\n", starts[i], ends[i]);
+    //}
+
+    //range_num = 0;
+    //uint64_t* storage = malloc(sizeof(uint64_t)*(storage_count));
+    //i++;
+    //while(input[i] != 0){
+    //    storage[range_num] = parseNum(&input[i], &len);
+    //    i+=len+1;
+    //    
+
+    //    //printf("%d-%d\n", starts[range_num], ends[range_num]);
+    //    range_num++;
+    //}
+
+    //printf("\n");
+    //for(int i = 0; i<storage_count; i++){
+    //    printf("%lu\n", storage[i]);
+    //}
+
+    sort_ranges(starts, ends, range_count);
+
+    join_ranges(starts, ends, &range_count);
+
+    //for(int i = 0; i<range_count; i++){
+    //    printf("%lu-%lu\n", starts[i], ends[i]);
+    //}
+
+
+    for(int i = 0; i<range_count; i++){
+        result += ends[i]+1-starts[i];
+    }
+
+
+    end = clock();
+    printf("count: %lu\n", result);
+    clock_t ticks_taken = end - start; 
+    double time_taken = ((double)ticks_taken)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+    printf("time take: %f ticks\n", time_taken);
+    printf("CLOCKS_PER_SEC: %ld\n", CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
+
+
+    exit(1);
+}

6/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+client: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O3 -Wall -Wextra -g -march=x86-64-v3
+
+client-debug: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O1 -Wall -Wextra -g -fsanitize=address
+
+client-debug-nosanitize: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O1 -Wall -Wextra -g
+
+clean:
+	rm main
+
+.PHONY: clean

6/main.c

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+char input[] =
+{
+#embed "input.txt"
+,'\0' // null terminator
+};
+
+int width = 0;
+int height = 0;
+uint64_t result = 0;
+
+
+uint64_t parseNum(char* str){
+    int i = 0;
+    while(str[i] == ' '){
+        i++;
+    }
+    uint64_t out = 0;
+    while(str[i] != ' ' && str[i] != '\n'){
+        //printf("%c", str[i]);
+        out += str[i]-0x30;
+        out *= 10;
+        i++;
+    }
+    out /=10;
+    return out;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+    clock_t start, end;
+    start = clock();
+
+
+    while(input[width] != '\n'){
+        width++;
+    }
+
+    //printf("width: %d\n", width);
+    //parse ranges first
+    int i = 0;
+    int lines = 0;
+    while(input[i+1] != 0){
+        lines++;
+        i+=(width+1);
+    }
+
+
+    char* symbols = input+(width+1)*(lines-1);
+    //printf("line count: %d\n", lines);
+    //printf("symbols:\n%s\n", symbols);
+
+    //printf("parsing the first number: %lu\n", parseNum(input+8));
+
+
+    int parse_length = 1;
+    uint64_t col_res;
+    while(*symbols != 0){
+        while(symbols[parse_length] == ' ' || symbols[parse_length] == '\n'){
+            parse_length++;
+        }
+        parse_length--;
+        //printf("parsing %d long numbers\n", parse_length);
+        
+        if(*symbols == '*'){
+            col_res = 1;
+            //printf("multiplying....\n");
+            for(int i = 1; i<lines; i++){
+                uint64_t num = parseNum(symbols-(i*(width+1)));
+                //printf("parsed %lu\n", num);
+                col_res *= num; 
+            }
+        }else if(*symbols == '+'){
+            col_res = 0;
+            //printf("adding....\n");
+            for(int i = 1; i<lines; i++){
+                uint64_t num = parseNum(symbols-(i*(width+1)));
+                //printf("parsed %lu\n", num);
+                col_res += num;
+            }
+        }
+        //printf("total: %lu\n", col_res);
+        result += col_res;
+        symbols += parse_length+1;
+        parse_length = 1;
+    }
+
+    end = clock();
+    printf("count: %lu\n", result);
+    clock_t ticks_taken = end - start; 
+    double time_taken = ((double)ticks_taken)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+    printf("time take: %f ticks\n", time_taken);
+    printf("CLOCKS_PER_SEC: %ld\n", CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
+
+
+    exit(1);
+}

6_2/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+client: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O3 -Wall -Wextra -g -march=x86-64-v3
+
+client-debug: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O1 -Wall -Wextra -g -fsanitize=address
+
+client-debug-nosanitize: main.c
+	gcc -o main main.c -O1 -Wall -Wextra -g
+
+clean:
+	rm main
+
+.PHONY: clean

6_2/main.c

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+char input[] =
+{
+#embed "input.txt"
+,'\0' // null terminator
+};
+
+int width = 0;
+int height = 0;
+uint64_t result = 0;
+
+
+uint64_t parseNumVert(char* str, int len, int lines){
+    int i = 0;
+    while(str[i] == ' '){
+        i+=len;
+    }
+    uint64_t out = 0;
+    while((i/len)<lines && str[i] != ' '){
+        //printf("%c", str[i]);
+        out += str[i]-0x30;
+        out *= 10;
+        i+=len;
+    }
+    out /=10;
+    //printf("\t%lu\n", out);
+    return out;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
+    clock_t start, end;
+    start = clock();
+
+
+    while(input[width] != '\n'){
+        width++;
+    }
+
+    //printf("width: %d\n", width);
+    //parse ranges first
+    int i = 0;
+    int lines = 0;
+    while(input[i+1] != 0){
+        lines++;
+        i+=(width+1);
+    }lines--;
+
+
+    char* symbols = input+(width+1)*(lines-1);
+    //printf("line count: %d\n", lines);
+    //printf("symbols:\n%s\n", symbols);
+
+    //printf("parsing the first number: %lu\n", parseNumVert(input, width+1, lines));
+
+
+    int parse_length = 1;
+    uint64_t col_res = 0;;
+    while(*symbols != 0){
+        while(symbols[parse_length] == ' ' || symbols[parse_length] == '\n'){
+            parse_length++;
+        }
+        parse_length--;
+        //printf("parsing %d long numbers\n", parse_length);
+        
+        if(*symbols == '*'){
+            col_res = 1;
+            //printf("multiplying....\n");
+            for(int i = 0; i<parse_length; i++){
+                uint64_t num = parseNumVert(symbols-(lines*(width+1))+i, width+1, lines);
+                //printf("parsed %lu\n", num);
+                col_res *= num; 
+            }
+        }else if(*symbols == '+'){
+            col_res = 0;
+            //printf("adding....\n");
+            for(int i = 0; i<parse_length; i++){
+                uint64_t num = parseNumVert(symbols-(lines*(width+1))+i, width+1, lines);
+                //printf("parsed %lu\n", num);
+                col_res += num;
+            }
+        }
+        //printf("total: %lu\n", col_res);
+        result += col_res;
+        symbols += parse_length+1;
+        parse_length = 1;
+    }
+
+    end = clock();
+    printf("count: %lu\n", result);
+    clock_t ticks_taken = end - start; 
+    double time_taken = ((double)ticks_taken)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
+    printf("time take: %f ticks\n", time_taken);
+    printf("CLOCKS_PER_SEC: %ld\n", CLOCKS_PER_SEC);
+
+
+    exit(1);
+}