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+use std::fs;
+
+use itertools::Itertools;
+
+fn solve_part1(insts: &Vec<&str>, init: &str) -> String {
+    let mut chars: Vec<char> = init.chars().collect();
+
+    for inst in insts {
+        let mut next = chars.clone();
+
+        let words: Vec<&str> = inst.split_ascii_whitespace().collect();
+        if words[0] == "swap" {
+            if words[1] == "position" {
+                // Swap the characters at indices `i' and `j'
+                let i: usize = words[2].parse().unwrap();
+                let j: usize = words[5].parse().unwrap();
+                next[i] = chars[j];
+                next[j] = chars[i];
+            } else if words[1] == "letter" {
+                // Swap all occurrences of characters `x' and `y'
+                let x = words[2].chars().nth(0).unwrap();
+                let y = words[5].chars().nth(0).unwrap();
+                for i in 0..next.len() {
+                    if next[i] == x {
+                        next[i] = y;
+                    } else if next[i] == y {
+                        next[i] = x;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else if words[0] == "rotate" {
+            if words[1] == "left" {
+                let n: usize = words[2].parse().unwrap();
+                next.rotate_left(n % chars.len());
+            } else if words[1] == "right" {
+                let n: usize = words[2].parse().unwrap();
+                next.rotate_right(n % chars.len());
+            } else if words[1] == "based" {
+                // Get the index `i' of character `x'
+                let x = words[6].chars().nth(0).unwrap();
+                let i = next.iter().position(|&c| c == x).unwrap();
+                // Rotate right by an amount determined by `i'
+                let n = if i < 4 { i + 1 } else { i + 2 };
+                next.rotate_right(n % chars.len());
+            }
+        } else if words[0] == "reverse" {
+            let i: usize = words[2].parse().unwrap();
+            let j: usize = words[4].parse().unwrap();
+            next[i..j + 1].reverse();
+        } else if words[0] == "move" {
+            let i: usize = words[2].parse().unwrap();
+            let j: usize = words[5].parse().unwrap();
+            let c = next.remove(i);
+            next.insert(j, c);
+        }
+
+        chars = next;
+    }
+
+    chars.into_iter().collect()
+}
+
+fn solve_part2(insts: &Vec<&str>, target: &str) -> String {
+    let init = vec!['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h'];
+
+    // The "good" approach would be to reverse the operations in `insts'.
+    // I'm too lazy for that: I just go through all permutations of the
+    // input characters, run `insts' as in part 1, and see if it's the one.
+    for perm in init.into_iter().permutations(8) {
+        let string: String = perm.iter().collect();
+        if solve_part1(insts, &string) == target {
+            return string;
+        }
+    }
+
+    String::new() // shouldn't happen
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // Read instructions from input text file
+    let input = fs::read_to_string("input.txt").unwrap();
+    let insts = input.lines().collect();
+
+    // Part 1 gives "gfdhebac" for me
+    println!("Part 1 solution: {}", solve_part1(&insts, "abcdefgh"));
+
+    // Part 2 gives "dhaegfbc" for me
+    println!("Part 2 solution: {}", solve_part2(&insts, "fbgdceah"));
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn part1_example1() {
+        let insts = vec![
+            "swap position 4 with position 0",
+            "swap letter d with letter b",
+            "reverse positions 0 through 4",
+            "rotate left 1 step",
+            "move position 1 to position 4",
+            "move position 3 to position 0",
+            "rotate based on position of letter b",
+            "rotate based on position of letter d",
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(solve_part1(&insts, "abcde"), "decab");
+    }
+}