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+import re
+
+text: str
+
+with open("input.txt") as f:
+    text = f.read()
+
+lines: list[str] = text.splitlines()
+
+def search(values: list[list[str]], word: str, coord_x: int, coord_y: int, inc_x: int, inc_y: int):
+
+    array_length = len(values)
+    line_length = len(values[0])
+
+    for i in range(len(word)):    
+        x: int = coord_x + i * inc_x
+        y: int = coord_y + i * inc_y
+        if (x >= line_length or x < 0) or (y >= array_length or y < 0) or (values[y][x] != word[i]):
+            return 0
+    return 1
+
+total: int = 0
+
+directions = [(-1, -1), (0, -1), (+1, -1), (+1, 0), (+1, +1), (0, +1), (-1, +1), (-1, 0)]
+
+for y, line in enumerate(lines):
+    for x, c in enumerate(line):
+        if (c == 'X'):
+            for inc_x, inc_y in directions:
+                total += search(lines, "XMAS", x, y, inc_x, inc_y)
+                
+print(total)   
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