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+[package]
+authors = ["Joseph Chamochumbi <sephxd1234@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+name = "day-8"
+version = "0.1.0"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+[dependencies]
+aoc = {git = "https://github.com/icyJoseph/advent-of-code.git"}
diff --git a/2021/day-8/src/main.rs b/2021/day-8/src/main.rs
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+use aoc;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+// values that are in left but not in right.
+fn diff(left: &str, right: &str) -> Vec<char> {
+    let left_chars: HashSet<char> = left.chars().collect::<HashSet<char>>();
+    let right_chars: HashSet<char> = right.chars().collect::<HashSet<char>>();
+
+    left_chars
+        .difference(&right_chars)
+        .map(|&c| c)
+        .collect::<Vec<char>>()
+}
+
+fn same(left: &str, right: &str) -> bool {
+    let left_chars: HashSet<char> = left.chars().collect::<HashSet<char>>();
+    let right_chars: HashSet<char> = right.chars().collect::<HashSet<char>>();
+
+    // values that are in left or in right but not in both.
+    left_chars.symmetric_difference(&right_chars).count() == 0
+}
+
+fn solve(raw: String) -> () {
+    let equations = raw
+        .trim()
+        .split("\n")
+        .map(|eq| eq.split(" | ").collect::<Vec<&str>>())
+        .collect::<Vec<Vec<&str>>>();
+
+    let mut simple_digits = 0usize;
+
+    for equation in equations.iter() {
+        simple_digits += equation[1]
+            .split(" ")
+            .map(|word| match word.chars().count() {
+                2 | 3 | 4 | 7 => 1,
+                _ => 0,
+            })
+            .sum::<usize>();
+    }
+
+    println!("Part one: {}", simple_digits);
+
+    let mut total = 0;
+
+    for equation in equations.iter() {
+        let signals = equation[0];
+
+        let inputs = signals.split(" ").collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+
+        let one = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 2)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let four = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 4)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let seven = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 3)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let eight = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 7)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let nine = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 6 && diff(word, four).len() == 2)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let six = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 6 && diff(word, one).len() == 5)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let zero = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 6 && word != &six && word != &nine)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let three = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 5 && diff(word, one).len() == 3)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let two = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 5 && diff(word, four).len() == 3)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let five = inputs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|word| word.chars().count() == 5 && word != &three && word != &two)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let values = [zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine];
+
+        let renders = equation[1].split(" ").collect::<Vec<&str>>();
+
+        let mut local = 0;
+
+        for word in renders.iter() {
+            let value = values.iter().position(|signal| same(signal, word)).unwrap();
+
+            local = local * 10 + value;
+        }
+
+        total += local;
+    }
+
+    println!("Part two: {}", total);
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let input = aoc::get_input(2021, 8);
+
+    solve(input);
+}
+
+// Utilities
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn normal(x: usize, y: usize, width: usize) -> usize {
+    x + y * width
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn rev_normal(norm: usize, width: usize) -> (usize, usize) {
+    (norm % width, norm / width)
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn parse_num<T: std::str::FromStr>(str: &str) -> T {
+    match str.trim().parse::<T>() {
+        Ok(n) => n,
+        _ => panic!("Error parsing"),
+    }
+}
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn to_int(bin: &str) -> u32 {
+    match u32::from_str_radix(bin, 2) {
+        Ok(n) => n,
+        _ => panic!("Error parsing binary to integer"),
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+fn string_vec<T: std::string::ToString>(vec: &Vec<T>, separator: &str) -> String {
+    vec.iter()
+        .map(|x| x.to_string())
+        .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+        .join(separator)
+}