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Implement tilting and cycling for Day 14 part 2 Lots of false starts trying to iterate. Eventually looked for "back in same position" to spot a loop. Then took longer to spot that "same position" isn't necessarily "start position" and loop can be offset!
author IBBoard <dev@ibboard.co.uk>
date Sat, 16 Dec 2023 20:39:02 +0000
parents 891878e52a31
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#! /usr/bin/env ruby

if ARGV.length != 1
        abort("Incorrect arguments - needs input file")
elsif not File.exist? (ARGV[0])
	abort("File #{ARGV[0]} did not exist")
end

file = ARGV[0]

histories = File.open(file, "r").each_line(chomp: true).map {|line| line.split(" ").map(&:to_i)}

def diff_array(arr)
	arr.each_cons(2)
	
end

predictions = histories.map do |history|
	vals = history
	layers = [history]
	while not vals.all? {|v| v == 0}
		vals = vals.each_cons(2).map {|a,b| b - a}
		layers << vals
	end
	layers.reverse!.each_cons(2).map {|diffs, vals| vals << diffs[-1] + vals[-1]}
	layers[-1][-1]
end

puts predictions.sum
# Rest of algorithm here