diff --git a/nim/.gitignore b/nim/.gitignore
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index 00000000..32e1dc0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nim/.gitignore
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+nimcache/
+nimblecache/
+htmldocs/
diff --git a/nim/src/gildedrose.nim b/nim/src/gildedrose.nim
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index 00000000..69129341
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+++ b/nim/src/gildedrose.nim
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+import items
+
+proc updateQuality*(items: var seq[Item]) =
+  for i in 0 ..< items.len:
+    if items[i].name != "Aged Brie" and items[i].name != "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert":
+      if items[i].quality > 0:
+        if items[i].name != "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros":
+          items[i].quality = items[i].quality - 1
+    else:
+      if items[i].quality < 50:
+        items[i].quality = items[i].quality + 1
+
+        if items[i].name == "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert":
+          if items[i].sellIn < 11:
+            if items[i].quality < 50:
+              items[i].quality = items[i].quality + 1
+          
+          if items[i].sellIn < 6:
+            if items[i].quality < 50:
+              items[i].quality = items[i].quality + 1
+    
+    if items[i].name != "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros":
+      items[i].sellIn = items[i].sellIn - 1
+    
+    if items[i].sellIn < 0:
+      if items[i].name != "Aged Brie":
+        if items[i].name != "Backstage passes to a TAFKAL80ETC concert":
+          if items[i].quality > 0:
+            if items[i].name != "Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros":
+              items[i].quality = items[i].quality - 1
+        else:
+          items[i].quality = items[i].quality - items[i].quality
+      else:
+        if items[i].quality < 50:
+          items[i].quality = items[i].quality + 1
diff --git a/nim/src/items.nim b/nim/src/items.nim
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index 00000000..bb9527dd
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+++ b/nim/src/items.nim
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+import strformat
+
+type
+  Item* = object
+    name*: string
+    sellIn*, quality*: int
+  
+proc initItem*(name: string, sellIn, quality: int): Item =
+  Item(name: name, sellIn: sellIn, quality: quality)
+
+proc `$`*(item: Item): string =
+  &"{item.name}, {item.sellIn}, {item.quality}"
diff --git a/nim/test/gilded.nim b/nim/test/gilded.nim
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index 00000000..fa441583
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+++ b/nim/test/gilded.nim
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+import unittest
+import ../src/items
+import ../src/gildedrose
+
+suite "Gilded Rose":
+
+  test "foo":
+    var items = @[initItem("foo", 0, 0)]
+    items.updateQuality()
+    check items[0].name == "fixme"