diff --git a/2022/day03/BadgeCheck.class b/2022/day03/BadgeCheck.class
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diff --git a/2022/day03/BadgeCheck.java b/2022/day03/BadgeCheck.java
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+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class BadgeCheck {
+    public static void main (String[] args) {
+        String bag1, bag2, bag3 = new String();
+        int prioritySum = 0;
+
+        try (Scanner inputLine = new Scanner(Paths.get("input.txt"))) {
+            while (inputLine.hasNext()) {
+                bag1 = inputLine.nextLine();
+                bag2 = inputLine.nextLine();
+                bag3 = inputLine.nextLine();
+                boolean breakFlag = false;
+                for (int i = 0; i < bag1.length() && breakFlag == false; i++) {
+                    for (int j = 0; j < bag2.length() && breakFlag == false; j++) {
+                        if (bag1.charAt(i) == bag2.charAt(j)) {
+                            for (int k = 0; k < bag3.length() && breakFlag == false; k++) {
+                                if (bag2.charAt(j) == bag3.charAt(k)) {
+                                    prioritySum += PriorityScore.score(bag3.charAt(k));
+                                    breakFlag = true;
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        System.out.printf("Total score for matching chars is: %d", prioritySum);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/2022/day03/BagCheck.class b/2022/day03/BagCheck.class
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diff --git a/2022/day03/PriorityScore.class b/2022/day03/PriorityScore.class
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diff --git a/2022/day03/PriorityScore.java b/2022/day03/PriorityScore.java
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+public class PriorityScore {
+    public static int score(char c) {
+        switch (c) {
+            case 'a': return 1;
+            case 'b': return 2;
+            case 'c': return 3;
+            case 'd': return 4;
+            case 'e': return 5;
+            case 'f': return 6;
+            case 'g': return 7;
+            case 'h': return 8;
+            case 'i': return 9;
+            case 'j': return 10;
+            case 'k': return 11;
+            case 'l': return 12;
+            case 'm': return 13;
+            case 'n': return 14;
+            case 'o': return 15;
+            case 'p': return 16;
+            case 'q': return 17;
+            case 'r': return 18;
+            case 's': return 19;
+            case 't': return 20;
+            case 'u': return 21;
+            case 'v': return 22;
+            case 'w': return 23;
+            case 'x': return 24;
+            case 'y': return 25;
+            case 'z': return 26;
+            case 'A': return 27;
+            case 'B': return 28;
+            case 'C': return 29;
+            case 'D': return 30;
+            case 'E': return 31;
+            case 'F': return 32;
+            case 'G': return 33;
+            case 'H': return 34;
+            case 'I': return 35;
+            case 'J': return 36;
+            case 'K': return 37;
+            case 'L': return 38;
+            case 'M': return 39;
+            case 'N': return 40;
+            case 'O': return 41;
+            case 'P': return 42;
+            case 'Q': return 43;
+            case 'R': return 44;
+            case 'S': return 45;
+            case 'T': return 46;
+            case 'U': return 47;
+            case 'V': return 48;
+            case 'W': return 49;
+            case 'X': return 50;
+            case 'Y': return 51;
+            case 'Z': return 52;
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/2022/day03/day03_algo.txt b/2022/day03/day03_algo.txt
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--- a/2022/day03/day03_algo.txt
+++ b/2022/day03/day03_algo.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Build a function to return the priority int value of the input char, must be case sensitive
+Build a function to return the priority int value of the input char, must be case sensitive - do this in a separate class file since it'll probably be needed in P2
 
 Main:
 Declare string bagContents