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+using System.Text;
+
+namespace aoc2024;
+
+internal class Day09 : Day
+{
+    private record struct FileData(int id, int blocks, int pos);
+    private readonly List<FileData> files = [];
+    private string layout = string.Empty;
+    private readonly List<FileData> gaps = [];
+
+    internal override void Parse()
+    {
+        StringBuilder layoutBuilder = new();
+        var text = Util.Parsing.ReadAllText($"{GetDay()}");
+        for (int i = 0; i < text.Length; i += 2)
+        {
+            var fd = new FileData(i / 2, int.Parse(text[i].ToString()), layoutBuilder.Length);
+            files.Add(fd);
+            for (int j = 0; j < fd.blocks; j++)
+            {
+                // using % 10 so the length doesn't get screwed up. placeholder for verifying gap lengths.
+                layoutBuilder.Append(fd.id % 10);
+            }
+
+            if (i + 1 == text.Length)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            var gapLen = int.Parse(text[i + 1].ToString());
+            gaps.Add(new FileData(layoutBuilder.Length, gapLen, layoutBuilder.Length));
+
+            for (int j = 0; j < gapLen; j++)
+            {
+                layoutBuilder.Append('.');
+            }
+        }
+
+        layout = layoutBuilder.ToString();
+    }
+
+    internal override string Part1()
+    {
+        long checksum = 0;
+
+        int currFile = 0;
+        int currBlock = 0;
+        int repackFileIdx = files.Count - 1;
+        int repackFileBlock = 0;
+        int gapIdx = 0;
+        int gapPos = 0;
+        var packedLen = files.Sum(f => f.blocks);
+        for (int i = 0; i < packedLen; i++)
+        {
+            if (i >= gaps[gapIdx].id && i < (gaps[gapIdx].id + gaps[gapIdx].blocks) && gapIdx < gaps.Count && gaps[gapIdx].blocks > gapPos)
+            {
+                checksum += i * files[repackFileIdx].id;
+                repackFileBlock++;
+                if (repackFileBlock == files[repackFileIdx].blocks)
+                {
+                    repackFileBlock = 0;
+                    repackFileIdx--;
+                }
+
+                gapPos++;
+                if (gapPos == gaps[gapIdx].blocks)
+                {
+                    gapPos = 0;
+                    gapIdx++;
+                    while (gaps[gapIdx].blocks == 0)
+                    {
+                        gapIdx++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                checksum += i * files[currFile].id;
+                currBlock++;
+                if (currBlock == files[currFile].blocks)
+                {
+                    currBlock = 0;
+                    currFile++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $"<+white>{checksum}";
+    }
+
+    internal override string Part2()
+    {
+        List<FileData> packed = [..files];
+        List<FileData> newGaps = [..gaps];
+
+        int repackFileIdx = files.Count - 1;
+        for (int i = repackFileIdx; i >= 0; i--)
+        {
+            var firstRepackIdx = newGaps.FindIndex(g => g.pos < files[i].pos && g.blocks >= files[i].blocks);
+            if (firstRepackIdx >= 0)
+            {
+                packed[i] = packed[i] with {pos = newGaps[firstRepackIdx].pos};
+                newGaps[firstRepackIdx] = new FileData(newGaps[firstRepackIdx].id + files[i].blocks,
+                    newGaps[firstRepackIdx].blocks - files[i].blocks, newGaps[firstRepackIdx].pos + files[i].blocks);
+            }
+        }
+
+        packed.Sort((a, b) => a.pos.CompareTo(b.pos));
+
+        long checksum = 0;
+        foreach (var file in packed)
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < file.blocks; i++)
+            {
+                checksum += (file.pos + i) * file.id;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $"<+white>{checksum}";
+    }
+}