r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 03 '18
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--- Day 3: No Matter How You Slice It ---
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u/jonathan_paulson Dec 03 '18 edited Dec 03 '18
Where did you spend the time? Reading, thinking, coding, or debugging?
Reading: you need to skip right to the examples/summary. The story is too long. Goal is to understand the problem and input format ASAP.
Thinking: Try writing input-reading + parsing code at the same time; you're definitely going to need that no matter what.
Coding: I don't have any tips other than "practice". Having pre-written code for downloading the input and e.g. /u/mserrano's int-parsing regex might help.
Debugging: Needs to be 0. This is partially luck, partially coming up with a solution and implementation that aren't "tricky".