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Advent of Code is an annual Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like.

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🛶 - 2023 DAY 18 SOLUTIONS -🛶 (programming.dev)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Day 18: Lavaduct Lagoon

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Nim

Decided to go for a polygon approach for part 1 using the Shoelace formula to calculate the area. This meant part 2 only resulted in larger values, no additional computation.

Code runs in <1ms for part 1 and 2 combined

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Shoelace formula

This would have been really useful to know about. I've committed to a certain level of wheel-reinvention for this event unless I get really stuck, but I'm sure it'll come up again in the future.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

This was actually something I learned for my job, it was nice to be able to apply it here.

I like your commitment to wheel-reinvention, it can be a lot more fun than going for an existing or 'intended' approach.