diff --git a/aoc-5/src/main.rs b/aoc-5/src/main.rs
index da4d014..052660e 100644
--- a/aoc-5/src/main.rs
+++ b/aoc-5/src/main.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ use std::fs;
 use regex::Regex;
 fn main() {
     println!("Lets begin, day 5");
-    let file_path = "src/input.txt";
-    // let file_path = "src/example.txt";
+    // let file_path = "src/input.txt";
+    let file_path = "src/example.txt";
 
     let re = Regex::new(r"(?<low>\d*)-(?<high>\d*)").unwrap();
     let mut ranges: Vec<(i64, i64)> = Vec::new();
@@ -51,16 +51,61 @@ fn main() {
         
     }
 
-    println!("Fresh Products: {fresh:?}");
-    println!("Spoiled Products: {spoiled:?}");
+    // println!("Fresh Products: {fresh:?}");
+    // println!("Spoiled Products: {spoiled:?}");
     let fresh_count = fresh.len();
     let spoiled_count = spoiled.len();
     println!("Fresh Count: {fresh_count:?}");
     println!("Spoiled Count: {spoiled_count:?}");
 
+    // part 2 logic - how many fresh id's are there in total
+
+    // brute force will take literally forever
+    // sort all the ranges based on their start number
+    // then go through all of them and if start is less than the last ranges end make it one more than the last ranges end
+    // then calculate the difference between each range and add them up for each range (end - start + 1)
+
+    let mut all_fresh: Vec<i64> = Vec::new();
+    // for range in &ranges{
+    //     for id in range.0..=range.1 {
+    //         if !all_fresh.contains(&id) {
+    //             all_fresh.push(id);
+    //         }
+    //     }
+    //     print!(".");
+    // }
     
+    //sorting time
+    println!("{ranges:?}");
+    ranges.sort_by(|a,b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
+    println!("{ranges:?}");
+
+    let mut last_end = -1; //? 
+    for mut range in &mut ranges{
+        if range.0 < last_end{
+            range.0 = last_end + 1;
+        }
+        last_end = range.1;
+    }
     
+    // let meow = &ranges;
+    println!("{ranges:?}");
+    let mut all_count:i64 = 0;
+    for mut range in &mut ranges{
+        if range.0 > range.1 {
+            // invalid range, disregard
+        }
+        else {
+            all_count += range.1 - range.0 + 1;
+        }
+        
+    }
     
+    // let all_count = all_fresh.len();
+    println!("All fresh id count: {all_count:?}");
+    
+    // too low:     330684820916269
+    // too high:    348115621205555
     
 
 }