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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from aoc import get_input # AoC
+import regex
+import re
+
+data = get_input(19)
+
+rules = data.split("\n\n")[0].split("\n")
+messages = data.split("\n\n")[1].split("\n")
+
+
+rulePrim = dict()
+
+for i, rule in enumerate(rules): # make a dict for the rules
+    index, val = re.split(r": ", rule)
+
+    rulePrim[int(index)] = val.replace('"', "")
+
+def containsPointers(rule): # function to check if a rule contains a pointer
+    cont = rulePrim[rule]
+
+    contains = False
+    for char in cont:
+        if(char.isnumeric()):
+            contains = True
+            break
+
+    return contains
+
+for rule, cont in rulePrim.items(): # replace everything with the chars instead of pointers
+    check = containsPointers(rule)
+
+    while(check):
+        for i in range(len(rulePrim[rule])):
+            char = rulePrim[rule][i]
+
+            if(char == " "):
+                continue
+
+            if(char.isnumeric()):
+                v = int(char)
+                pointsTo = rulePrim[v]
+                repl = f"{rulePrim[v]}"
+
+                if(len(pointsTo) > 1):
+                    repl = f"({rulePrim[v]})"
+
+                rulePrim[rule] = rulePrim[rule].replace(char, repl)
+
+        check = containsPointers(rule)
+
+    #rulePrim[rule] = rulePrim[rule].replace(" ", "")
+
+
+def findParens(s):
+    toret = dict()
+    pstack = []
+
+    for i, c in enumerate(s):
+        if( c == "(" ):
+            pstack.append(i)
+        elif( c == ")" ):
+            if( len(pstack) == 0 ):
+                raise IndexError("No matching closing parens at: " + str(i))
+            toret[pstack.pop()] = i
+
+    if(len(pstack) > 0):
+        raise IndexError("No matching opening parens at: " + str(pstack.pop()))
+
+    return toret
+
+def getHighestParen(parens):
+    bestkey = None
+    bestdiff = None
+
+    for k, v in parens.items():
+        diff = v - k
+        if(bestdiff == None):
+            bestdiff = diff
+            bestkey = k
+            continue
+
+        if(diff > bestdiff):
+            bestdiff = diff
+            bestkey = k
+
+    return bestkey
+
+
+for rule, val in rulePrim.items():