diff --git a/2021/day1/input.txt.sample b/2021/day1/input.txt.sample
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index 0000000..167e291
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+++ b/2021/day1/input.txt.sample
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+199
+200
+208
+210
+200
+207
+240
+269
+260
+263
diff --git a/2021/day2/input.txt.sample b/2021/day2/input.txt.sample
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index 0000000..b7172ac
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+++ b/2021/day2/input.txt.sample
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+forward 5
+down 5
+forward 8
+up 3
+down 8
+forward 2
diff --git a/2021/day4/4a.py b/2021/day4/4a.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a04111
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+++ b/2021/day4/4a.py
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+lines = open("input.txt", 'r').read().splitlines()
+draw = [int(i) for i in lines[0].split(",")]
+boards = []
+for s in range(2, len(lines),6):
+	boards.append([[int(j) for j in lines[i].split()] for i in range(s,s+5)])
+
+earliestWin = len(draw)
+winBoard = 0
+
+for b in range(0, len(boards)):
+	for i in range(0, 5):
+		latest = 0
+		for j in range(0, 5):
+			if boards[b][i][j] not in draw:
+				break
+			index = draw.index(boards[b][i][j])
+			if index > latest:
+				latest = index 
+		if latest < earliestWin and latest != 0:
+			earliestWin = latest
+			winBoard = int(b)
+		latest = 0
+		for j in range(0, 5):
+			if boards[b][j][i] not in draw:
+				break
+			index = draw.index(boards[b][j][i])
+			if index > latest:
+				latest = index 
+		if latest < earliestWin and latest != 0:
+			earliestWin = latest
+			winBoard = b
+
+summa = 0
+for row in boards[winBoard]:
+	for n in row:
+		if n not in draw[:earliestWin+1]:
+			summa += n
+
+print(draw[earliestWin]*summa)
diff --git a/2021/day4/input.txt.sample b/2021/day4/input.txt.sample
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..669a51d
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+++ b/2021/day4/input.txt.sample
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+7,4,9,5,11,17,23,2,0,14,21,24,10,16,13,6,15,25,12,22,18,20,8,19,3,26,1
+
+22 13 17 11  0
+ 8  2 23  4 24
+21  9 14 16  7
+ 6 10  3 18  5
+ 1 12 20 15 19
+
+ 3 15  0  2 22
+ 9 18 13 17  5
+19  8  7 25 23
+20 11 10 24  4
+14 21 16 12  6
+
+14 21 17 24  4
+10 16 15  9 19
+18  8 23 26 20
+22 11 13  6  5
+ 2  0 12  3  7
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+my solutions for the [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/)
+
+in progress:
+2021 (python)
+
+planned:
+2022 (swift)
+2020 (rust?)
+2019
+2018
+2017
+2016
+2015