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+require 'lex'
+
+input = File.read("input_9.txt").strip
+
+class MyLexer < Lex::Lexer
+  tokens(
+    :LBRACE,
+    :RBRACE,
+    :BANG,
+    :LGARB,
+    :RGARB,
+    :OTHER
+  )
+
+  # Regular expression rules for simple tokens
+  rule(:LBRACE,   /\{/)
+  rule(:RBRACE,  /}/)
+  rule(:BANG, /!/)
+  rule(:LGARB,  /\</)
+  rule(:RGARB, /\>/)
+  rule(:OTHER, /./)
+
+   # A string containing ignored characters (spaces and tabs)
+  ignore " \t"
+
+  error do |lexer, token|
+    puts "Illegal character: #{value}"
+  end
+end
+
+LEXER = MyLexer.new
+
+TESTS = { "{}" => 1,
+          "{{{}}}" => 1 + 2 + 3,
+          "{{},{}}" => 1 + 2 + 2,
+          "{{{},{},{{}}}}" => 1 + 2 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 4,
+          "{<a>,<a>,<a>,<a>}" => 1,
+          "{{<ab>},{<ab>},{<ab>},{<ab>}}" => 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2,
+          "{{<!!>},{<!!>},{<!!>},{<!!>}}" => 1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2,
+          "{{<a!>},{<a!>},{<a!>},{<ab>}}}" => 1 + 2 }
+
+def testings
+  TESTS.each do |test, expec|
+    res = parsing_lol test
+    if res == expec then
+      puts "[gj] #{test}"
+    else
+      puts "[fuck] #{test}\texpected #{expec}, got #{res}"
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+
+def parsing_lol str_in
+
+  lex = LEXER.lex str_in
+  garb = false
+  level = 0
+  sum = 0
+  garb_count = 0
+
+  begin
+    while elem = lex.next do
+      if not garb then
+        case elem.name
+        when :LBRACE
+          level += 1
+          sum += level
+        when :RBRACE
+          level -= 1
+        when :LGARB
+          garb = true
+        end
+      else
+        case elem.name
+        when :RGARB
+          garb = false
+        when :BANG
+          lex.next
+        else
+          garb_count += 1
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  rescue StopIteration
+  end
+  p sum
+  p garb_count
+end
+
+parsing_lol input