AoC 2022 Day 5: Stackinator

Source: Supply Stacks

Part 1

Given a list of stacks of syntax 1 and instructions in the form syntax 2, apply each instruction to pop qty items from the stack src and put them on dst one at a time.

Syntax 1: Stacks

    [D]    
[N] [C]    
[Z] [M] [P]
 1   2   3 

Syntax 2: Instructions

move 1 from 2 to 1
move 3 from 1 to 3
move 2 from 2 to 1
move 1 from 1 to 2

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Advent of Code 2022

Let’s do this thing!

I’m going to try Rust this time, since it’s 1) awesome 2) fast and 3) crazy. :D

Let’s see how it goes!

If you’d like to see the full form of any particular solution, you can do so on GitHub (including previous years and possibly some I haven’t written up yet): jpverkamp/advent-of-code

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AoC 2021 Day 25: Cucumbinator

Source: Sea Cucumber

Part 1: Load a grid of empty cells (.), east movers (>), and south movers (v). Each step, move all east movers than all south movers (only if they can this iteration). Wrap east/west and north/south. How many steps does it take the movers to get stuck?

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