diff --git a/challenge2.py b/challenge2.py
index 977fadd..cdfddad 100644
--- a/challenge2.py
+++ b/challenge2.py
@@ -1,62 +1,10 @@
-from binascii import unhexlify
+# WOW ok i made this initially like 80 times more complicated than I need to.
 
-# see what each value is unhexlified:
-test = bytearray.fromhex("1c0111001f010100061a024b53535009181c").decode()
-test2 = bytearray.fromhex("686974207468652062756c6c277320657965").decode()
-print(test)
-print(test2)
+def fixedXor(arg1, arg2):
+    input1 = int(arg1, 16)
+    input2 = int(arg2, 16)
 
-# if converting from strings, you must convert characters to integers and XOR those instead, and then...unconvert them?
-# example with XORing integers
-input1 = 12345
-input2 = 67890
-xored1 = input1 ^ input2
-print(xored1)
+    hexData = (hex(input1 ^ input2))
+    return hexData[2:]
 
-# now prove that worked
-
-print(input1 ^ xored1) # should be = to input2
-
-# now i need to convert strings to integers
-text = "suck myass BITCH"
-numArray = []
-for letter in text:
-    number = ord(letter)
-    numArray.append(number)
-
-print(numArray)
-
-# ok now convert that array of ints back to strings
-letterArray = []
-for number in numArray:
-    letter = chr(number)
-    letterArray.append(letter)
-
-print(letterArray)
-
-# OK DOPE now turn it into a function
-
-def xor_TwoEqualLengthBuffers(arg1, arg2):
-    arg1value = bytearray.fromhex(arg1).decode()
-    arg2value = bytearray.fromhex(arg2).decode()
-
-    numArray1 = []
-    for letter in arg1value:
-        number1 = ord(letter)
-        numArray1.append(number1)
-
-    int1 = int(''.join(str(i) for i in numArray1))
-
-
-    numArray2 = []
-    for letter in arg2value:
-        number2 = ord(letter)
-        numArray2.append(number2)
-    
-    int2 = int(''.join(str(i) for i in numArray2))
-
-
-    xoredValue = int1 ^ int2
-
-
-xor_TwoEqualLengthBuffers("1c0111001f010100061a024b53535009181c", "686974207468652062756c6c277320657965")
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+print(fixedXor("1c0111001f010100061a024b53535009181c", "686974207468652062756c6c277320657965"))
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