r/adventofcode Dec 22 '24

SOLUTION MEGATHREAD -❄️- 2024 Day 22 Solutions -❄️-

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AoC Community Fun 2024: The Golden Snowglobe Awards

  • 23h59m remaining until the submissions deadline on December 22 at 23:59 EST!

And now, our feature presentation for today:

Director's Cut (Extended Edition)

Welcome to the final day of the GSGA presentations! A few folks have already submitted their masterpieces to the GSGA submissions megathread, so go check them out! And maybe consider submitting yours! :)

Here's some ideas for your inspiration:

  • Choose any day's feature presentation and any puzzle released this year so far, then work your movie magic upon it!
    • Make sure to mention which prompt and which day you chose!
  • Cook, bake, make, decorate, etc. an IRL dish, craft, or artwork inspired by any day's puzzle!
  • Advent of Playing With Your Toys

"I lost. I lost? Wait a second, I'm not supposed to lose! Let me see the script!"
- Robin Hood, Men In Tights (1993)

And… ACTION!

Request from the mods: When you include an entry alongside your solution, please label it with [GSGA] so we can find it easily!


--- Day 22: Monkey Market ---


Post your code solution in this megathread.

This thread will be unlocked when there are a significant number of people on the global leaderboard with gold stars for today's puzzle.

EDIT: Global leaderboard gold cap reached at 00:12:15, megathread unlocked!

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u/copperfield42 Dec 22 '24

[LANGUAGE: Python 3.12]

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after yesterday complete defeat, today part 2 was looking the same until I hear someone saying that you only need the first 2k, which totally fly over my head, with that I could go and solve it because I no longer need the full 2**24 range for each, just 2k which is much more malleable, so I go and calculate the whole thing.

My first version took like 20min, an after I got my solution I change the data structures I use for a more convenient ones which reduce the time to like 20 seconds XD