Advent of Code 2022 Day 2 (BaseA Style)

[AlteryxCommunityTeam]

Discussion thread for day 2 of the Advent of Code - https://adventofcode.com/2022/day/2

[Jeff_Neklason]

Such a fun way to get the brain going in the morning!

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[MeganDibble]

If Statement for the win! There are more clever ways to do this but this got the job done relatively fast for me:

 

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[mceleavey]

Fairly simple once I'd actually read the second question.

Turns out that's quite important.

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So, I created a mapping table as follows:

this allowed me to simply join the first and second columns. Then for the first answer I simply built an IF to calculate the points then sum them:
(if [Outcome]= "Win" then 6 elseif [Outcome]="Draw" then 3 else 0 endif)+ (if [2]="Y" then 2 elseif [2]="X" then 1 else 3 endif).

The second part was a couple of IFs to determine the required play given the Required Outcome, then the associated points.

Noice.

[SeanAdams]

Reply number 1: This is the raw solution - refactor to follow.

this is part of the practice of Red-Green-Refactor (TDD)

• Red: get your test harness running and fail your first test
• Green: Write code (even if SUPER messy) to get the test cases to pass
• Refactor: Update your code to code that you would be proud of, while still passing your tests.

So here's the first post - my messy solution (Red & Green) - refactor to follow.

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[kelsey_kincaid]

Not super happy with my solve on this one - it feels clunky. I might give this some thought and come back to it when I'm not trying to move as fast!

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[JoshuaB]

Really fun looking at all the responses. I think @grossal and @DavidP trying to go for tool golf is entertaining too! 

Here's mine:

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[grossal]

@DavidP it doesn't count. As discussed in the WhatsApp group earlier: For tool golf, both answers have to be provided in a single cell output. Therefore you'd need two Summarize tools :-)

[starkey]

Lots of find replacing going on here, but gets the job done haha. I opted to build out the selection / results and points mapping in tables rather then messing with long if statements. I could have reduced the tool count if I combined the points mapping into the results mapping, but would have taken more manual effort than I cared for.

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[starkey]

@AkimasaKajitani I love the simplicity of the formula you came up with! well done

[aiahwieder]

I know there was a prettier way to do this, but this was my Day 2 solution: