diff --git a/day_3.sml b/day_3.sml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/day_3.sml
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+fun numberAt (i : int) = fn (s : string) =>
+  if i >= String.size s then NONE
+  else SOME (Substring.takel Char.isDigit (Substring.extract (s, i, NONE)))
+
+fun substrToInt (n : substring) = valOf (Int.fromString (Substring.string n))
+
+fun sum (l : int list) : int = foldl (op +) 0 l
+
+val file = TextIO.openIn "day_3.txt"
+val input = TextIO.inputAll file;
+TextIO.closeIn file;
+
+val instructions = List.tabulate ((size input), (fn i =>
+  let
+    val n1 = numberAt (i + 4) input
+    val n2 = Option.mapPartial (fn n => numberAt (i + 5 + Substring.size n) input) n1
+  in
+    if isSome n1 andalso isSome n2 andalso
+      String.substring (input, i, 4) = "mul(" andalso
+      String.sub (input, i + 4 + Substring.size (valOf n1)) = #"," andalso
+      String.sub (input, i + 5 + Substring.size (valOf n1) + Substring.size (valOf n2)) = #")"
+    then SOME (n1, n2) else NONE
+end))
+
+val instructions = List.mapPartial
+  (fn (num) => case num of SOME (SOME x, SOME y) => SOME (substrToInt x, substrToInt y) | _ => NONE)
+  instructions
+
+val result = sum (map (op *) instructions)
+