Day 1: Secret Entrance
Megathread guidelines
- Keep top level comments as only solutions, if you want to say something other than a solution put it in a new post. (replies to comments can be whatever)
- You can send code in code blocks by using three backticks, the code, and then three backticks or use something such as https://topaz.github.io/paste/ if you prefer sending it through a URL
FAQ
- What is this?: Here is a post with a large amount of details: https://programming.dev/post/6637268
- Where do I participate?: https://adventofcode.com/
- Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465


C# ( c sharp )
using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; namespace ConsoleApp1 { public static class Program { public static void Part1() { var lines = File.ReadAllLines("C:\\Users\\aman\\RiderProjects\\ConsoleApp1\\ConsoleApp1\\input.txt"); var dialReading = 50; int result = 0; foreach (var line in lines) { if (dialReading == 0) { result += 1; } char dir = line[0]; int rotation = int.Parse(line.Substring(1)); if (dir == 'R') { dialReading += rotation; dialReading %= 100; } else { int diff = dialReading - rotation; if (diff > 0) { dialReading -= rotation; dialReading %= 100; } else { dialReading = dialReading + 100 - rotation; dialReading %= 100; } } } Console.WriteLine(result); } public static void Part2() { var lines = File.ReadAllLines("C:\\Users\\aman\\RiderProjects\\ConsoleApp1\\ConsoleApp1\\input.txt"); var dialReading = 50; int result = 0; foreach (var line in lines) { char dir = line[0]; int rotation = int.Parse(line.Substring(1)); if (dir == 'R') { while (rotation > 0) { if (dialReading == 0) result += 1; dialReading += 1; dialReading %= 100; rotation -= 1; } } else { while (rotation > 0) { if (dialReading == 0) result += 1; dialReading -= 1; if ( dialReading < 0) dialReading += 100; dialReading %= 100; rotation -= 1; } } } Console.WriteLine(result); } public static void Main(string[] args) { Part1(); Part2(); } } }