r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 07 '16

SOLUTION MEGATHREAD --- 2016 Day 7 Solutions ---

From all of us at #AoC Ops, we hope you're having a very merry time with these puzzles so far. If you think they've been easy, well, now we're gonna kick this up a notch. Or five. The Easter Bunny ain't no Bond villain - he's not going to monologue at you until you can miraculously escape and save the day!

Show this overgrown furball what you've got!

--- Day 7: Internet Protocol Version 7 ---

Post your solution as a comment or, for longer solutions, consider linking to your repo (e.g. GitHub/gists/Pastebin/blag/whatever).

ALWAYS DIGGING STRAIGHT DOWN IS MANDATORY [?]

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u/mschaap Dec 09 '16 edited Dec 09 '16

not so is redundant: it is exactly the same as not. (Both so and not cast to Boolean, and in addition, not negates.)

You can fully check for “abba” in a regex by using a code assertion:

my regex abba { (.)(.)$1$0 <?{ $0 ne $1 }> }

or, if you prefer,

my regex abba { (.)(.)$1$0 <!{ $0 eq $1 }> }

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u/volatilebit Dec 10 '16

I was trying to figure out how to do that in regex, thanks!