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+def q1(text: str):
+    levels = text.splitlines()
+
+    count = 0
+    for level in levels:
+        curr = [int(l) for l in level.split()]
+
+        increasing = all(curr[i] < curr[i + 1] for i in range(len(curr) - 1))
+        decreasing = all(curr[i] > curr[i + 1] for i in range(len(curr) - 1))
+        diff_criterion = all(
+            1 <= abs(curr[i] - curr[i + 1]) <= 3 for i in range(len(curr) - 1)
+        )
+
+        count += 1 if diff_criterion and (increasing or decreasing) else 0
+
+    return count
+
+
+def q2(text: str):
+    levels = text.splitlines()
+
+    count = 0
+    for level in levels:
+        curr = [int(l) for l in level.split()]
+
+        for i in range(len(curr) + 1):
+            curr_i = curr.copy()
+            if i < len(curr):
+                del curr_i[i]
+
+            increasing = all(curr_i[i] < curr_i[i + 1] for i in range(len(curr_i) - 1))
+            decreasing = all(curr_i[i] > curr_i[i + 1] for i in range(len(curr_i) - 1))
+            diff_criterion = all(
+                1 <= abs(curr_i[i] - curr_i[i + 1]) <= 3 for i in range(len(curr_i) - 1)
+            )
+
+            if diff_criterion and (increasing or decreasing):
+                count += 1
+                break
+
+    return count
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    with open("i2.txt") as f:
+        text = f.read()
+
+    print(q1(text))
+    print(q2(text))