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🌟 - 2023 DAY 6 SOLUTIONS -🌟

Day 6: Wait for It

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    Yesterday, I decided to code in Tcl. That program is still running, i will go back to the day 5 post once it finishes :)

    Today was super simple. My first attempt worked in both cases, where the hardest part was really switching my ints to long longs. Part 1 worked on first compile and part 2 I had to compile twice after I realized the data type needs. Still, that change was made by search and replace.

    I guess today was meant to be a real time race to get first answer? This is like day 1 stuff! Still, I have kids and a job so I did not get to stay up until the problem was posted.

    I used C++ because I thought something intense may be coming on the part 2 problem, and I was burned yesterday. It looks like I spent another fast language on nothing! I think I'll keep zig in the hole for the next number cruncher.

    Oh, and yes my TCL program is still running...

    My solutions can be found here:

    // File: day-6a.cpp
// Purpose: Solution to part of day 6 of advent of code in C++
//          https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/6
// Author: Robert Lowe
// Date: 6 December 2023
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

std::vector parse_line()
{
    std::string line;
    std::size_t index;
    int num;
    std::vector result;
    
    // set up the stream
    std::getline(std::cin, line);
    index = line.find(':');
    std::istringstream is(line.substr(index+1));

    while(is>>num) {
        result.push_back(num);
    }

    return result;
}

int count_wins(int t, int d) 
{
    int count=0;
    for(int i=1; i d) {
            count++;
        }
    }
    return count;
}

int main()
{
    std::vector time;
    std::vector dist;
    int product=1;

    // get the times and distances
    time = parse_line();
    dist = parse_line();

    // count the total number of wins
    for(auto titr=time.begin(), ditr=dist.begin(); titr!=time.end(); titr++, ditr++) {
        product *= count_wins(*titr, *ditr);
    }

    std::cout << product << std::endl;
}

    // File: day-6b.cpp
// Purpose: Solution to part 2 of day 6 of advent of code in C++
//          https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/6
// Author: Robert Lowe
// Date: 6 December 2023
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include 

std::vector parse_line()
{
    std::string line;
    std::size_t index;
    long long num;
    std::vector result;
    
    // set up the stream
    std::getline(std::cin, line);
    line.erase(std::remove_if(line.begin(), line.end(), isspace), line.end());
    index = line.find(':');
    std::istringstream is(line.substr(index+1));

    while(is>>num) {
        result.push_back(num);
    }

    return result;
}

long long count_wins(long long t, long long d) 
{
    long long count=0;
    for(long long i=1; i d) {
            count++;
        }
    }
    return count;
}

int main()
{
    std::vector time;
    std::vector dist;
    long long product=1;

    // get the times and distances
    time = parse_line();
    dist = parse_line();

    // count the total number of wins
    for(auto titr=time.begin(), ditr=dist.begin(); titr!=time.end(); titr++, ditr++) {
        product *= count_wins(*titr, *ditr);
    }

    std::cout << product << std::endl;
}
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