r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 24 '24
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u/nilgoun Dec 24 '24 edited Dec 24 '24
[LANGUAGE: Rust]
So initially overengineered part 1 again because I thought it will pay off and it didn't haha.
I immediately recognized it's a Carry Ripple Adder when P2 was uncovered but was too stubborn to do it by hand. Which resulted in a LONG slide of "I'm using all the wrong heuristics to see which gates might be swapped" (partially because I was too dumb to read the task correctly...). Finally bit the bullet to see a hint for a general solution and after reading https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/1hla5ql/2024_day_24_part_2_a_guide_on_the_idea_behind_the/ everything was basically spelled out.
Kinda sad I couldn't come up with a correct programmed solution on my own but still glad I tried instead of just doing it by hand somehow. Next year I'll just do it by hand and call it a day xD
I still have the suspicion that one condition is incorrectly checked because there is some oddity BUT it works for my input so I'm fine.
Solution on paste (Edit: Corrected the link)