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Advent of Code 2020 - BaseA Style (Day 5)

Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Discussion thread for day 5 of the Advent of Code : https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/5

19 REPLIES 19
NicoleJohnson
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

This AoC challenge had Alteryx written ALL OVER IT. 

 

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Can't say I've ever used BintoInt formula before... But OH what a joy it was to have it in the arsenal for this challenge! 

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Cheers!

NJ

https://github.com/AlteryxNJ/AdventOfCode_2020

jdunkerley79
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Very similar to @NicoleJohnson 

 

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BINTOINT all the way...

 

 

AkimasaKajitani
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

My solution at Day 5.

 

My approach is different from other's.

 

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Part 2 was simple, but I didn't know what it meant at first.

cgoodman3
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

Brute force following the logic of each step. So keen to understand the much shorter solution to this that others have posted!

 

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P.S. Just saw @NicoleJohnson and @jdunkerley79  convert to binary, and realised I completely missed this hint in the question🙄

 

Chris
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NedHarding
7 - Meteor

There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't...  😉

 

Too easy.

 

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
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For part 2 I just sorted and found the difference instead of joining. 
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danilang
19 - Altair
19 - Altair

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Replace+BintoInt 
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 Dan

Galouzis
7 - Meteor

Exact same solution as @NicoleJohnson 😉

 

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Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

1st solution I came up with aka "why make it simple when you can make it really complicated" :

 

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Then used my brain and came up with same solution as many people :

 

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