diff --git a/2023/day3/part1/part1.py b/2023/day3/part1/part1.py
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+++ b/2023/day3/part1/part1.py
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+#!/bin/python3
+
+import re
+import sys
+from pprint import pprint 
+input_f  = sys.argv[1]
+count = 0
+arr = []
+
+
+
+
+
+with open(input_f) as file:
+    for line in file:
+        arr.append(list(line.lstrip().rstrip()))
+	
+pprint(arr)
+X=len(arr[0])
+Y=len(arr)
+neighbors = lambda x, y : [(x2, y2) for x2 in range(x-1, x+2)
+                               for y2 in range(y-1, y+2)
+                               if (-1 < x <= X and
+                                   -1 < y <= Y and
+                                   (x != x2 or y != y2) and
+                                   (0 <= x2 <= X) and
+                                   (0 <= y2 <= Y))]
+pprint(neighbors(4,2))
+
diff --git a/2023/day3/part1/test b/2023/day3/part1/test
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+++ b/2023/day3/part1/test
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+467..114..
+...*......
+..35..633.
+......#...
+617*......
+.....+.58.
+..592.....
+......755.
+...$.*....
+.664.598..