advent-of-code/2020/solutions/3/README.md

17 lines
486 B
Markdown
Raw Normal View History

2020-12-03 11:25:20 +01:00
# 3
We can simply parse the forest as an array of strings.
The trees repeat infinitely to the right, this screams for a good mod.
This means: `char = row[x % len(row)]`. No complex logic needed
For the second one we simply automate the process and sum up the total.
We can simply encode the coordinates as a function of the index we are current at.
<details>
<summary>Solutions</summary>
<ol>
<li>252</li>
<li>57 * 252 * 64 * 66 * 43 = 2608962048</li>
</ol>
</details>