diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 802c926..9a9dab4 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -4,18 +4,23 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
 
+    addDay("day1", b, target, optimize);
+    addDay("day2", b, target, optimize);
+}
+
+fn addDay(comptime name: []const u8, b: *std.Build, target: anytype, optimize: anytype) void {
     const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
-        .name = "day1",
+        .name = name,
         .root_module = b.createModule(.{
             .optimize = optimize,
             .target = target,
-            .root_source_file = b.path("day1.zig"),
+            .root_source_file = b.path(name ++ ".zig"),
         }),
     });
 
     b.installArtifact(exe);
     const run = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
-    const step = b.step("day1", "run day");
+    const step = b.step(name, "run " ++ name);
     step.dependOn(&run.step);
 
     if (b.args) |args| {
diff --git a/day2.zig b/day2.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d58cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day2.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const Io = std.Io;
+
+const shared = @import("shared.zig");
+const print = shared.print;
+
+var buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+
+fn repeatCountFromStart(needle: []const u8, haystack: []const u8) usize {
+    var off: usize = 0;
+    var count: usize = 0;
+    while (off + needle.len <= haystack.len and std.mem.eql(u8, needle, haystack[off .. off + needle.len])) {
+        count += 1;
+        off += needle.len;
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
+pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
+    try shared.sharedInit(init);
+    const allocator: std.mem.Allocator = init.arena.allocator();
+    const bytes = shared.loadBytesArg(allocator);
+
+    var tok = std.mem.tokenizeScalar(u8, bytes, ',');
+    var part1: i64 = 0;
+    var part2: i64 = 0;
+
+    while (tok.next()) |next| {
+        var splitIter = std.mem.splitAny(u8, next, "-");
+        var v: [2]i64 = .{ 0, 0 };
+        var i: usize = 0;
+
+        while (splitIter.next()) |s| {
+            v[i] = try std.fmt.parseInt(i64, s, 10);
+            i += 1;
+            if (i > 2) unreachable;
+        }
+
+        for (@intCast(v[0])..@intCast(v[1] + 1)) |j| {
+            const s = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "{d}", .{j});
+            const left = s[0..(s.len >> 1)];
+            if (s.len % 2 == 0 and shared.countInstancesOf(s, left) == 2) {
+                part1 += @intCast(j);
+            }
+
+            {
+                var h: usize = s.len + 1;
+
+                while (h - 1 > 0) : (h -= 1) {
+                    const count = repeatCountFromStart(s[0 .. h - 1], s);
+                    // print("{s}  {d} count{d} s.len{d}", .{ s[0 .. h - 1], j, count, s.len });
+                    if (count * (h - 1) == s.len and count != 1) {
+                        // print("{s} yay! {d} count{d}", .{ s[0 .. h - 1], j, count });
+                        part2 += @intCast(j);
+                        break;
+                    } else {
+                        //print("{s}", .{s[0..h]});
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    print("part1 {d} part2 {d}", .{ part1, part2 });
+}
diff --git a/day2/input.txt b/day2/input.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13a9ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day2/input.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+119-210,907313-1048019,7272640820-7272795557,6315717352-6315818282,42-65,2234869-2439411,1474-2883,33023-53147,1-15,6151-14081,3068-5955,65808-128089,518490556-518593948,3535333552-3535383752,7340190-7548414,547-889,34283147-34389716,44361695-44519217,607492-669180,7071078-7183353,67-115,969-1469,3636264326-3636424525,762682710-762831570,827113-906870,205757-331544,290-523,86343460-86510016,5536957-5589517,132876-197570,676083-793651,23-41,17920-31734,440069-593347
diff --git a/day2/test.txt b/day2/test.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3f22ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/day2/test.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+11-22,95-115,998-1012,1188511880-1188511890,222220-222224,1698522-1698528,446443-446449,38593856-38593862,565653-565659,824824821-824824827,2121212118-2121212124
diff --git a/shared.zig b/shared.zig
index 497b581..8a9c4a3 100644
--- a/shared.zig
+++ b/shared.zig
@@ -98,3 +98,25 @@ pub const LineIter = struct {
         return self.toSlice(bytes);
     }
 };
+
+pub fn countInstancesOf(haystack: []const u8, needle: []const u8) usize {
+    var count: usize = 0;
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    while (i < haystack.len) : (i += 1) {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, needle, haystack[i..@min(haystack.len, i + needle.len)])) {
+            count += 1;
+            i += needle.len - 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return count;
+}
+
+pub fn countSequencesAt(off: usize, needle: []const u8, haystack: []const u8) usize {
+    var count: usize = 1;
+    var offset = off;
+    while (offset + needle.len < haystack.len and std.mem.eql(u8, needle, haystack[offset .. needle.len + offset])) {
+        offset += needle.len;
+        count += 1;
+    }
+    return count;
+}