Advent of Code 2022 Day 24 (BaseA Style)

[AlteryxCommunityTeam]

Discussion thread for day 24 of the Advent of Code - https://adventofcode.com/2022/day/24

[clmc9601]

I can tell my speed and comfort with pathfinding workflows are improving! My first <=1 hr total solve time in several weeks

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I reused the same macro three times to accomplish part two. Just had to adjust so it outputs the current blizzard positions as well as the current explorer position.
I should put this coordinate container into a macro given the many times I've used the same setup this AoC...

workflowiterative macro

 

[AkimasaKajitani]

I think that the expedition should not return to pick up the snacks🤣

And also I solvd this challenge almost straightforward. But I didn't solve it in as short a time as @clmc9601 did. It's too fast!!

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I used the same macro three times changing input data. I dedicated the simulating the blizzards.

However I got the more stars than last year!

[patrick_digan]

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[Pang_Hee_Choy]

Yups, well train these years.

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old theory, put here for others.

key is to find ways limit the guess:
1. unique by current location. as do not care how it reach to same place, just need one of it for proceed.
2. calculate distance to goal, then sort it and limit to first 15,000 paths. (Add more if can't get the answer.)

[SeanAdams]

 This one was a fun way to round out the series.

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And here's the solving piece: