diff --git a/2024/day5/day5.py b/2024/day5/day5.py
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index 0000000..284f27c
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+++ b/2024/day5/day5.py
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+from collections import defaultdict
+from itertools import pairwise
+
+
+def check_update(upd, rules):
+    for a, b in pairwise(upd):
+        if [a, b] not in rules:
+            return False
+    return True
+        
+
+
+def main(content):
+    order, updates = content.split("\n\n")
+    order = [x.split("|") for x in order.split("\n")]
+    updates = [x.split(",") for x in updates.rstrip().split("\n")]
+
+    part1 = 0
+    for update in updates:
+        if check_update(update, order):
+            middle = update[len(update)//2]
+            part1 += int(middle)
+    print("Part 1: ", part1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    infile = sys.argv[1] if 1 < len(sys.argv) else "example.txt"
+    with open(infile) as f:
+        main(f.read())
+
diff --git a/2024/day5/example.txt b/2024/day5/example.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d146d6
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+++ b/2024/day5/example.txt
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+47|53
+97|13
+97|61
+97|47
+75|29
+61|13
+75|53
+29|13
+97|29
+53|29
+61|53
+97|53
+61|29
+47|13
+75|47
+97|75
+47|61
+75|61
+47|29
+75|13
+53|13
+
+75,47,61,53,29
+97,61,53,29,13
+75,29,13
+75,97,47,61,53
+61,13,29
+97,13,75,29,47