diff --git a/2023/day04/example1.txt b/2023/day04/example1.txt
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+Card 1: 41 48 83 86 17 | 83 86  6 31 17  9 48 53
+Card 2: 13 32 20 16 61 | 61 30 68 82 17 32 24 19
+Card 3:  1 21 53 59 44 | 69 82 63 72 16 21 14  1
+Card 4: 41 92 73 84 69 | 59 84 76 51 58  5 54 83
+Card 5: 87 83 26 28 32 | 88 30 70 12 93 22 82 36
+Card 6: 31 18 13 56 72 | 74 77 10 23 35 67 36 11
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diff --git a/2023/day04/src/part1.py b/2023/day04/src/part1.py
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+text: str = open("input.txt", "r").read()
+
+value: int = 0
+
+lines = text.splitlines()
+
+for line in lines:
+	bozo_value: int = 0
+	bozo = line.split(": ")
+	bozo2 = bozo[1].split(" | ")
+	expected_value = bozo2[0].split(" ")
+	values = bozo2[1].split(" ")
+	for current_value in values:
+		if (current_value != "" and current_value in expected_value):
+			bozo_value: int = bozo_value * 2 + (bozo_value == 0)
+	value += bozo_value
+
+print(value)
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