diff --git a/2024/src/day03.zig b/2024/src/day03.zig
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+const std = @import("std");
+const aoc = @import("aoc.zig");
+
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const ArrayList = std.ArrayList;
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var gpa: std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}) = .{};
+    defer _ = gpa.deinit();
+    const allocator = gpa.allocator();
+
+    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile("input/day03.txt", .{});
+    defer file.close();
+
+    const text = try file.readToEndAlloc(allocator, comptime 1 << 30);
+    defer allocator.free(text);
+
+    const stdout_file = std.io.getStdOut().writer();
+    var bw = std.io.bufferedWriter(stdout_file);
+    const stdout = bw.writer();
+
+    try stdout.print("{d}\n", .{part1(text)});
+    try bw.flush();
+}
+
+const Mul = struct {
+    a: u32,
+    b: u32,
+};
+
+const MulIterator = struct {
+    text: []u8,
+    pos: usize,
+
+    fn new(text: []u8) MulIterator {
+        return .{
+            .text = text,
+            .pos = 0,
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn next(self: *MulIterator) ?Mul {
+        while (self.pos < self.text.len) {
+
+            self.pos += std.mem.indexOf(u8, self.text[self.pos..], "mul(") orelse return null;
+            self.pos += consume(self.text[self.pos..], "mul(").?;
+
+            const a = parsePrefixInt(self.text[self.pos..]) orelse continue;
+            self.pos += a.chars;
+
+            self.pos += consume(self.text[self.pos..], ",") orelse continue;
+
+            const b = parsePrefixInt(self.text[self.pos..]) orelse continue;
+            self.pos += b.chars;
+
+            self.pos += consume(self.text[self.pos..], ")") orelse continue;
+
+            return .{ .a = a.value, .b = b.value };
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+};
+
+fn consume(text: []const u8, want: []const u8) ?usize {
+    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, text, want)) {
+        return want.len;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+fn parsePrefixInt(s: []u8) ?struct { value: u32, chars: usize } {
+    var idx: usize = 0;
+    var value: u32 = 0;
+
+    while (idx < s.len and std.ascii.isDigit(s[idx])) {
+        value *= 10;
+        value += s[idx] - '0';
+        idx += 1;
+    }
+
+    if (idx > 0) {
+        return .{ .value = value, .chars = idx };
+    }
+    return null;
+}
+
+fn part1(text: []u8) u32 {
+    var it = MulIterator.new(text);
+    var sum: u32 = 0;
+    while (it.next()) |mul| {
+        sum += mul.a * mul.b;
+    }
+    return sum;
+}