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+(ns day4
+  (:require [clojure.string :as string]
+            [helpers :refer [get-input]]))
+
+(def input-example
+"MMMSXXMASM
+MSAMXMSMSA
+AMXSXMAAMM
+MSAMASMSMX
+XMASAMXAMM
+XXAMMXXAMA
+SMSMSASXSS
+SAXAMASAAA
+MAMMMXMMMM
+MXMXAXMASX")
+
+(def input-example
+"..X...
+.SAMX.
+.A..A.
+XMAS.S
+.X....")
+
+(def input (string/split-lines input-example))
+;(def input (string/split-lines (get-input 4)))
+(def column-len (count input))
+(def line-len (count (first input)))
+
+(defn get-string [coords]
+  (->>
+   coords
+   (map #(get-in input %))
+   (apply str)))
+
+(defn diagonals-right-down [line]
+  (map (fn [l c] [l c])
+       (range line line-len)
+       (range column-len)))
+
+(defn diagonals-down-right [column]
+  (map (fn [l c] [l c])
+       (range line-len)
+       (range column column-len )))
+
+(defn diagonals-up-right [line]
+  (map (fn [l c] [l c])
+       (range line -1 -1)
+       (range column-len)))
+
+(defn diagonals-right-up [column]
+  (map (fn [l c] [l c])
+       (range line-len -1 -1)
+       (range column column-len)))
+
+(def diagonals
+  (->>
+   (concat
+    (map diagonals-right-down (range line-len))
+    (map diagonals-down-right (range 1 column-len))
+    (map diagonals-up-right (range line-len))
+    (map diagonals-right-up (range 1 column-len)))
+   (map get-string)))
+
+(defn input-lines [input]
+  (let [lines input
+        columns (->> (map seq lines)
+                     (apply interleave)
+                     (partition column-len)
+                     (map (partial apply str)))
+        rev-fn (fn [i] (map #(apply str (reverse %)) i))]
+    (concat
+     lines (rev-fn lines)
+     columns (rev-fn columns)
+     diagonals (rev-fn diagonals))))
+
+(defn check-line [l]
+  (let [r (re-seq #"X.*M.*A.*S" l)]
+    (println "Checking line:" l "\nResult:" r)
+    r))
+
+(def result
+  (->>
+   (input-lines input)
+   (map check-line)
+   (apply concat)
+   ))
+
+
+(println "XMAS appears" (count result) "times.")