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https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
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FYI one of the features of Advent of Code is that we all get given different inputs so our answers will be different.
The examples are all the same but each of us gets different inputs for us to solve
Part 1
I thought the 2nd part wouldn't be too hard but I've had two attempts so far and failed
[edit]Found the error in my thinking and I've completed Part 2
Warning - the sample input changes from Part 1 to Part 2 - I don't consider this a spoiler - just a friendly head's up
https://snap.berkeley.edu/snap/snap.html#present:Username=cymplecy&ProjectName=aoc2024_03&editMode
ok part 1 was ez
I made a tiny mistake here, look in the block definition of part 2 instead for the correct block :)
(please note the block above sometimes doesnt work unless you have bignums)
also part 2 is so much easier than yesterday's p2, almost done!
EDIT: done:
really? it was the same for me
@cymplecy why
my part 1
xmul(2,4)%&mul[3,7]!@^do_not_mul(5,5)+mul(32,64]then(mul(11,8)mul(8,5))
my part 2
xmul(2,4)&mul[3,7]!^don't()_mul(5,5)+mul(32,64](mul(11,8)undo()?mul(8,5))
Ahh - your usual bugbear
You need to chill and stop telling people off for doing this
Plus you need to hide my answer so as not to spoil things for others