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Advent of Code 2021 Day 2 (BaseA Style) - Dive!

jdunkerley79
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Discussion thread for day 2 of the Advent of Code - https://adventofcode.com/2021/day/2

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

I successfully overcomplicated it today

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I decided to hold all the variables in a single cell and just parse it. I was anticipating a much harder part 2...
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Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Still manageable at this point !

 

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patrick_digan
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

It's cool how simple @jdunkerley79's alteryx abacus can make things by allowing everything in a single formula tool (non-BaseA):

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afv2688
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Day 2 done!

 

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Aguisande
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Thanks to @NicoleJohnson that posted a question and @estherb47 that anwered it, I was able to manage this one (Still having a lot of issues with my english).

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Once you pass the "language barrier", it gets fairly easy.

estherb47
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Managed to keep it simple, despite having to read the instructions many times over.

 

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estherb47
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Also, there is no way I can maintain staying up so late for the drop. Especially once they get challenging!

 

danilang
19 - Altair
19 - Altair

Getting back in the habit of using vectors-as-strings to keep the tool count down(But the expressions get more complex)

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Dan

grossal
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Day two was very enjoyable .. but I guess that will change soon ...

 

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kelsey_kincaid
12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

Getting a lot of use out of the multi-row formula tool so far!

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