diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..930ff05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "files.associations": {
+        "*.tcc": "cpp"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/2/puzzle2 b/2/puzzle2
index 7635b57..a0eea18 100755
Binary files a/2/puzzle2 and b/2/puzzle2 differ
diff --git a/2/puzzle2.cpp b/2/puzzle2.cpp
index 9fd029e..018eccb 100644
--- a/2/puzzle2.cpp
+++ b/2/puzzle2.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-int main(){
+enum Direction {
+    UP,
+    DOWN
+};
 
-    list<int> currntlevels{};
+int main(){
     string line;
     int safeReports = 0;
 
@@ -18,16 +21,44 @@ int main(){
 
         while (getline(puzzle, line)) {
             istringstream lineStream(line);
-            string number;
-            cout << "{";
-            while (getline(lineStream, number, ' ')) {
-                cout << number<<"|";
+            string numberString;
+            list<int> currentLevels;
+            while (getline(lineStream, numberString, ' ')) {
+                int number = stoi(numberString);
+                currentLevels.push_back(number);
+            }
+
+            int numOfLevelsInLine = currentLevels.size();
+            int numOfLevelsProcessed = 0;
+
+            //need to pull the first one to have something to compare to
+            enum Direction dir;
+            int prevlevel = currentLevels.front();
+            currentLevels.pop_front();
+            numOfLevelsProcessed++;
+            if (prevlevel - currentLevels.front()>0){
+                dir = UP;
+            } else if (prevlevel - currentLevels.front()< 0){
+                dir = DOWN;
+            } else {
+                break;
+            }
+
+
+            for (int level = 0; !currentLevels.empty();level=currentLevels.front()){
+                if (abs(prevlevel-level)>3) {currentLevels.clear();break;}
+                if(prevlevel-level==0){ currentLevels.clear();break;}
+                if(dir==UP&&(prevlevel-currentLevels.front())<0) {currentLevels.clear();break;}
+                if(dir==DOWN&&(prevlevel-currentLevels.front()>0)) {currentLevels.clear();break;}
+                
+                prevlevel=currentLevels.front();
+                currentLevels.pop_front();
+
+                if(numOfLevelsProcessed==numOfLevelsInLine){
+                    safeReports++;
+                }
             }
-            cout << "}";
         }
-/*
-    for (line; !puzzle.eof();puzzle.getline(line,'\n')) {
-        cout << line << "\n";
-    }
-*/
+cout << safeReports;
+puzzle.close();
 }
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