Needed a *lot* of help to get there and I'm using the dumbest inside/outside test possible. Just a relief to grind my way to the end if I'm honest.
Needed a *lot* of help to get there and I'm using the dumbest inside/outside test possible. Just a relief to grind my way to the end if I'm honest.
Another day where I needed help to understand the *question* but the answer was All My Own Work. Part 2 hampered by my poor termination conditions but a quick rework this morning sorted it.
Another day where I needed help to understand the *question* but the answer was All My Own Work. Part 2 hampered by my poor termination conditions but a quick rework this morning sorted it.
Part 2's Combinatorial Trap avoided with the ugliest "just ignore all the wrong numbers and give me the biggest as my final answer" for part 2. Code's quick, just stupid ;-)
Part 2's Combinatorial Trap avoided with the ugliest "just ignore all the wrong numbers and give me the biggest as my final answer" for part 2. Code's quick, just stupid ;-)
Catching up after a weekend break. Not a maths problem, a parsing problem. And then an extended index-counting session. More lessons in examining ALL the data before starting!
Catching up after a weekend break. Not a maths problem, a parsing problem. And then an extended index-counting session. More lessons in examining ALL the data before starting!
YES! Correct optimisation to solve Part1 makes Part2 trivial to complete. Sometimes a bit of experience helps a lot (i.e. "I've done this before, I bet I can guess what's coming next")
YES! Correct optimisation to solve Part1 makes Part2 trivial to complete. Sometimes a bit of experience helps a lot (i.e. "I've done this before, I bet I can guess what's coming next")
Grow the border, count the values. Then turn it into an iteration. That was a really fun game, I need to go back and do a visualisation!
Grow the border, count the values. Then turn it into an iteration. That was a really fun game, I need to go back and do a visualisation!
Part 2 turned into "revenge of the off-by-one error" but isn't that always the case with array indexing? Fun.
Part 2 turned into "revenge of the off-by-one error" but isn't that always the case with array indexing? Fun.
I am a dirty, dirty programmer who thinks Strings are the Thing and who doesn't even use Python properly to generate them.
But I got the result....
I am a dirty, dirty programmer who thinks Strings are the Thing and who doesn't even use Python properly to generate them.
But I got the result....
(it was my lunch break, boss, honest!. I take very late lunches. And how else am I supposed to stay ahead of my boy?)
(it was my lunch break, boss, honest!. I take very late lunches. And how else am I supposed to stay ahead of my boy?)
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#goalball #PlayerOfTheSeason
If only they could just make the trains, you know, *run on time*.....
If only they could just make the trains, you know, *run on time*.....
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