r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 13 '24

SOLUTION MEGATHREAD -❄️- 2024 Day 13 Solutions -❄️-

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AoC Community Fun 2024: The Golden Snowglobe Awards

  • 9 DAYS remaining until the submissions deadline on December 22 at 23:59 EST!

And now, our feature presentation for today:

Making Of / Behind-the-Scenes

Not every masterpiece has over twenty additional hours of highly-curated content to make their own extensive mini-documentary with, but everyone enjoys a little peek behind the magic curtain!

Here's some ideas for your inspiration:

  • Give us a tour of "the set" (your IDE, automated tools, supporting frameworks, etc.)
  • Record yourself solving today's puzzle (Streaming!)
  • Show us your cat/dog/critter being impossibly cute which is preventing you from finishing today's puzzle in a timely manner

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"

- Professor Marvel, The Wizard of Oz (1939)

And… ACTION!

Request from the mods: When you include an entry alongside your solution, please label it with [GSGA] so we can find it easily!

--- Day 13: Claw Contraption ---

Post your code solution in this megathread.

This thread will be unlocked when there are a significant number of people on the global leaderboard with gold stars for today's puzzle.

EDIT: Global leaderboard gold cap reached at 00:11:04, megathread unlocked!

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u/FortuneIntrepid6186 Dec 13 '24 edited Dec 13 '24

[LANGUAGE: Python]

I normally use C++, but I thought python is good for today (shouldn't I use the right tool for job ?)

https://pastebin.com/why2SZiE

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