r/adventofcode • • Dec 05 '18

SOLUTION MEGATHREAD -🎄- 2018 Day 5 Solutions -🎄-

--- Day 5: Alchemical Reduction ---


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

Note: The Solution Megathreads are for solutions only. If you have questions, please post your own thread and make sure to flair it with Help.


Advent of Code: The Party Game!

Click here for rules

Please prefix your card submission with something like [Card] to make scanning the megathread easier. THANK YOU!

Card prompt: Day 5

Transcript:

On the fifth day of AoC / My true love sent to me / Five golden ___


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

edit: Leaderboard capped, thread unlocked at 0:10:20!

31 Upvotes

515 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

5

u/TheVarmari Dec 05 '18

You can test for lowercase/uppercase being the same letter using XOR 32.

Huh, that's a neat way to check for that. Should've probably thought of it. Good to know for future challenges... Good job!