diff --git a/2023/day1/1a.py b/2023/day1/1a.py
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+lines = [i for i in open("input.txt", 'r').read().splitlines()]
+
+sum = 0
+
+for l in lines:
+    n = "".join(c for c in l if not c.isalpha())
+    sum += int(n[0] + n[-1])
+
+print(sum)
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