diff --git a/examples/2024/09.txt b/examples/2024/09.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f96c390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/2024/09.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2333133121414131402
diff --git a/src/bin/2024/09.rs b/src/bin/2024/09.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d96eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/2024/09.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+use advent_of_code::strings::char_to_num;
+#[allow(unused_imports)]
+use advent_of_code_macros::{include_data, include_example};
+
+include_data!(DATA 2024 09);
+
+type Disk = Vec<Option<u64>>;
+
+fn print_disk(disk: Disk, columns: bool) {
+    if columns {
+        for i in 1..=disk.len() {
+            print!("{:02}", i);
+        }
+        println!()
+    }
+    for block in disk {
+        match block {
+            None => print!("  "),
+            Some(x) => print!("{} ", x),
+        }
+    }
+    println!(";")
+}
+
+fn layout_to_disk(layout: Vec<u64>) -> Disk {
+    let mut disk = Vec::new();
+    let mut space = false;
+    let mut block;
+    let mut blockid = 0;
+    for blocksize in layout {
+        block = if space {
+            None
+        } else {
+            blockid += 1;
+            Some(blockid - 1)
+        };
+        for _ in 0..blocksize {
+            disk.push(block);
+        }
+        space = !space;
+    }
+    disk
+}
+
+fn calculate_checksum(disk: Disk) -> u64 {
+    let iter = disk.iter();
+    let mut checksum = 0;
+    let mut position = 0;
+    for block in iter {
+        if block.is_some() {
+            checksum += block.unwrap() * position;
+        }
+        position += 1;
+    }
+    checksum
+}
+
+fn compact_blocks(disk: &mut Disk) {
+    let mut lastblock = disk.len() - 1;
+    let mut block = 0;
+    loop {
+        if disk[block].is_none() {
+            if disk[lastblock].is_some() {
+                disk[block] = disk[lastblock];
+                disk[lastblock] = None;
+                block += 1;
+            }
+            lastblock -= 1;
+        } else {
+            block += 1
+        }
+        if lastblock <= block {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn move_blocks(disk: &mut Disk, file_start: usize, length: usize, new_start: usize) {
+    for i in 0..=length {
+        disk[new_start + i] = disk[file_start - length + i];
+        disk[file_start - length + i] = None;
+    }
+}
+
+fn compact_files(disk: &mut Disk) {
+    let mut length;
+    let mut fileid;
+    let mut spaceblock;
+    let mut block;
+    let mut endblock = disk.len();
+    //print_disk(disk.clone(), true);
+    loop {
+        endblock -= 1;
+        if endblock == 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        if disk[endblock].is_some() {
+            fileid = disk[endblock];
+            length = 0;
+            while disk[endblock - length] == fileid {
+                if endblock - length - 1 == 0 {
+                    break;
+                }
+                length += 1;
+            }
+            if length == 0 {
+                break;
+            }
+            length -= 1;
+            block = 0;
+            loop {
+                if block + length >= disk.len() || block + length >= endblock {
+                    endblock -= length;
+                    break;
+                }
+                spaceblock = disk.get(block..=block + length).unwrap();
+                if spaceblock.iter().all(Option::is_none) {
+                    move_blocks(disk, endblock, length, block);
+                    break;
+                }
+                block += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        //print_disk(disk.clone(), false);
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut layout = Vec::with_capacity(DATA.len());
+    for char in DATA.chars() {
+        layout.push(char_to_num(char));
+    }
+    let raw_disk = layout_to_disk(layout);
+    println!("Layout parsed");
+    let mut block_disk = raw_disk.clone();
+    let mut file_disk = raw_disk.clone();
+    compact_blocks(&mut block_disk);
+    let mut cksum = calculate_checksum(block_disk);
+    println!(
+        "Checksum for the blockcompacted disk is: {}",
+        cksum
+    );
+    compact_files(&mut file_disk);
+    cksum = calculate_checksum(file_disk);
+    println!(
+        "Checksum for the filecompacted disk is: {}",
+        cksum,
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/strings.rs b/src/strings.rs
index 5c04842..9392dda 100644
--- a/src/strings.rs
+++ b/src/strings.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 use num::{pow::Pow, Integer};
 use std::ops::AddAssign;
 
+#[inline]
+pub fn char_to_num<T: Integer + From<u32>>(c: char) -> T {
+    match c {
+        '1' => T::from(1),
+        '2' => T::from(2),
+        '3' => T::from(3),
+        '4' => T::from(4),
+        '5' => T::from(5),
+        '6' => T::from(6),
+        '7' => T::from(7),
+        '8' => T::from(8),
+        '9' => T::from(9),
+        '0' => T::from(0),
+        _ => unreachable!(),
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn parsenumber<T: Integer + From<u32> + Pow<u32, Output = T> + AddAssign + Copy>(
     input: &str,
 ) -> T {
@@ -9,19 +26,7 @@ pub fn parsenumber<T: Integer + From<u32> + Pow<u32, Output = T> + AddAssign + C
     let mut output: T = T::from(0);
     let mut mul: u32 = 0;
     for c in input.chars().rev() {
-        let i: T = match c {
-            '1' => T::from(1),
-            '2' => T::from(2),
-            '3' => T::from(3),
-            '4' => T::from(4),
-            '5' => T::from(5),
-            '6' => T::from(6),
-            '7' => T::from(7),
-            '8' => T::from(8),
-            '9' => T::from(9),
-            '0' => T::from(0),
-            _ => unreachable!(),
-        };
+        let i: T = char_to_num(c);
         if mul > MAX_POWER {
             return output;
         }
@@ -34,19 +39,7 @@ pub fn parsenumber<T: Integer + From<u32> + Pow<u32, Output = T> + AddAssign + C
 pub fn get_numbers<T: Integer + From<u32>>(input: &str) -> Vec<T> {
     let mut numbers = Vec::new();
     for char in input.chars() {
-        match char {
-            '1' => numbers.push(T::from(1)),
-            '2' => numbers.push(T::from(2)),
-            '3' => numbers.push(T::from(3)),
-            '4' => numbers.push(T::from(4)),
-            '5' => numbers.push(T::from(5)),
-            '6' => numbers.push(T::from(6)),
-            '7' => numbers.push(T::from(7)),
-            '8' => numbers.push(T::from(8)),
-            '9' => numbers.push(T::from(9)),
-            '0' => numbers.push(T::from(0)),
-            _ => unimplemented!(),
-        }
+        numbers.push(char_to_num(char));
     }
     numbers
 }