diff --git a/2015/07/solution.py b/2015/07/solution.py
index 5d2964d..8d8ce34 100644
--- a/2015/07/solution.py
+++ b/2015/07/solution.py
@@ -27,20 +27,24 @@ def parse(lst:str):
         t = get_re(r"^(.+) -> (.+)",lst)
         return convert_list(['SET',t.group(1),t.group(2)])
 
+def checkValue(x,values):
+    if x not in values and not isinstance(x, int):
+        return x
+
 def v_return(x,values):
     if isinstance(x, str):
         if x not in values:
-            return 0 # the values is not 0 if it hasn't been used. 
+            return  # the values is not 0 if it hasn't been used. 
         else:
             return values[x]
     return x
 
 if part == 1:
+    missing = []
     instructions = loadFile(input_f)
     values = {}
-    for i in instructions:
-        t = parse(i)
-        #print(i)
+
+    def parseValues(t):
         if t[0] == 'SET':
             values[t[2]] = v_return(t[1],values)
         elif t[0] == 'AND':
@@ -53,8 +57,18 @@ if part == 1:
             values[t[3]] = v_return(t[1],values) >> v_return(t[2],values)
         elif t[0] == 'NOT':
             values[t[2]] = 65535-v_return(t[1],values)
-        #pprint(values)
-        #input()
+
+    for i in instructions:
+        t = parse(i)
+        print(t)
+        if isinstance(t[1], str) or isinstance(t[2], str):
+            if checkValue(t[1],values) is not None or checkValue(t[2],values) is not None:
+                missing.append(t)
+        else:
+            parseValues(t)
+    print(values)
+    print(missing)
+    #input()
     pprint(values['a'])
 
 
diff --git a/2015/08/8.md b/2015/08/8.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb5e7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2015/08/8.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+## \-\-- Day 8: Matchsticks \-\--
+
+Space on the sleigh is limited this year, and so Santa will be bringing
+his list as a digital copy. He needs to know how much space it will take
+up when stored.
+
+It is common in many programming languages to provide a way to
+escape
+special characters in strings. For example,
+[C](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequences_in_C),
+[JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String),
+[Perl](http://perldoc.perl.org/perlop.html#Quote-and-Quote-like-Operators),
+[Python](https://docs.python.org/2.0/ref/strings.html), and even
+[PHP](http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.double)
+handle special characters in very similar ways.
+
+However, it is important to realize the difference between the number of
+characters *in the code representation of the string literal* and the
+number of characters *in the in-memory string itself*.
+
+For example:
+
+-   `""` is `2` characters of code (the two double quotes), but the
+    string contains zero characters.
+-   `"abc"` is `5` characters of code, but `3` characters in the string
+    data.
+-   `"aaa\"aaa"` is `10` characters of code, but the string itself
+    contains six \"a\" characters and a single, escaped quote character,
+    for a total of `7` characters in the string data.
+-   `"\x27"` is `6` characters of code, but the string itself contains
+    just one - an apostrophe (`'`), escaped using hexadecimal notation.
+
+Santa\'s list is a file that contains many double-quoted string
+literals, one on each line. The only escape sequences used are `\\`
+(which represents a single backslash), `\"` (which represents a lone
+double-quote character), and `\x` plus two hexadecimal characters (which
+represents a single character with that ASCII code).
+
+Disregarding the whitespace in the file, what is *the number of
+characters of code for string literals* minus *the number of characters
+in memory for the values of the strings* in total for the entire file?
+
+For example, given the four strings above, the total number of
+characters of string code (`2 + 5 + 10 + 6 = 23`) minus the total number
+of characters in memory for string values (`0 + 3 + 7 + 1 = 11`) is
+`23 - 11 = 12`.
+
+To begin, [get your puzzle input](8/input).
+
+Answer:
+
diff --git a/2015/08/solution.py b/2015/08/solution.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f995030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2015/08/solution.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/python3
+import sys,re
+from pprint import pprint
+sys.path.insert(0, '../../')
+from fred import list2int,get_re,nprint,lprint,loadFile
+
+input_f = 'test'
+
+part = 1
+#########################################
+#                                       #
+#              Part 1                   #
+#                                       #
+#########################################
+
+def parse(line):
+    line = get_re(r'^"(.*)"$',line)
+    tmp = line
+    
+
+if part == 1:
+    instructions = loadFile(input_f)
+
+    char = 0
+    total = 0
+    for i in instructions:
+        total += len(i)
+        print(i)
+
+    print(total)
+
+
+
+
+
+
+#########################################
+#                                       #
+#              Part 2                   #
+#                                       #
+#########################################
+if part == 2:
+    exit()