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diff --git a/2016/aoc7/src/main.rs b/2016/aoc7/src/main.rs
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+use std::io::BufReader;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::fs::File;
+
+fn main() {
+    let lines = read_file();
+    let mut ssl_count = 0;
+    for line in lines {
+        let mut in_squares = false;
+        let mut char_buffer = [' '; 3];
+
+        let mut abas = Vec::new();
+        let mut babs = Vec::new();
+
+        let mut chars = line.chars();
+        char_buffer[0] = chars.next().unwrap();
+        char_buffer[1] = chars.next().unwrap();
+        char_buffer[2] = chars.next().unwrap();
+        if is_aba(char_buffer) {
+            if in_squares {
+                babs.push(char_buffer);
+            } else {
+                abas.push(char_buffer);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        for c in chars {
+            match c {
+                '[' => {in_squares = true;},
+                ']' => {in_squares = false;},
+                _ => {}
+            }
+            char_buffer[0] = char_buffer[1];
+            char_buffer[1] = char_buffer[2];
+            char_buffer[2] = c;
+
+            if is_aba(char_buffer) {
+                if in_squares {
+                    babs.push(char_buffer);
+                } else {
+                    abas.push(char_buffer);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        //println!("ABA {:?}", abas);
+        //println!("BAB {:?}", babs);
+        
+        let mut is_ssl = false;
+        for aba in &abas {
+            for bab in &babs {
+                is_ssl = is_ssl || correspond(aba.clone(), bab.clone());
+            }
+        }
+        
+        //println!("Is SSL? {}", is_ssl);
+        
+        if is_ssl {
+            ssl_count += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    println!("SSL_count: {}", ssl_count);
+}
+
+fn read_file() -> Vec<String> {
+    let file = BufReader::new(File::open("input.txt").unwrap());
+    file.lines()
+        .map(|line| line.unwrap().trim().to_string())
+        .filter(|line| line.len() > 0)
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn is_abba(char_buffer: [char; 4]) -> bool {
+    char_buffer[0] != char_buffer[1] &&
+    char_buffer[0] == char_buffer[3] &&
+        char_buffer[1] == char_buffer[2] &&
+        char_buffer[0] != ']' &&
+        char_buffer[1] != ']' &&
+        char_buffer[0] != '[' &&
+        char_buffer[1] != '['
+}
+
+fn is_aba(char_buffer: [char; 3]) -> bool {
+    char_buffer[0] != char_buffer[1] &&
+    char_buffer[0] == char_buffer[2] &&
+        char_buffer[0] != ']' &&
+        char_buffer[1] != ']' &&
+        char_buffer[0] != '[' &&
+        char_buffer[1] != '['
+}
+
+fn correspond(aba: [char; 3], bab: [char; 3]) -> bool {
+    //assumes both follow the aba pattern, so [0] == [2]
+    aba[0] == bab[1] && aba[1] == bab[0]
+}