Advent of Code 2024 Day 22 (BaseA Style)

[AlteryxCommunityTeam]

Discussion thread for day 22 of the Advent of Code - https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/22

[Qiu]

I am the only one did not use a Macro? 😁

Can not believe we are back in "No Macro" at Day 22.

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[gawa]

@Qiu +1 here😁

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[cgoodman]

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Having seen the number of tool others have used in their macros, I will say I went for the ensure it's explainable approach to building!

[DataNath]

Decided to treat myself to a catchup day or two on the train. Day 22 was very nice!

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[Tokimatsu]

No macro.

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[AncientPandaman]

done.

[clmc9601]

Pleased with a macro-free solution! Like @Qiu and @gawa. A surprisingly gentle AoC problem for this late in the year.

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Hint:

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If your part 2 answer is too high, make sure you're only counting ONE instance of each instruction per buyer. Once the buyer sells, they won't sell on the same instruction a second time later.