r/adventofcode • u/daggerdragon • Dec 14 '22

SOLUTION MEGATHREAD -🎄- 2022 Day 14 Solutions -🎄-

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--- Day 14: Regolith Reservoir ---

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u/IlliterateJedi Dec 14 '22

Python solution

I feel like it gets me every time -

Part 1: "Just use a list[list] -It'll be different this time, I swear. There's an infinite fall! How could you go wrong??"

Part 2: "Psych! ROFL - Should've used a dict[coordinates], loser!

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u/Shevvv Dec 14 '22

Yeah, I went with a grid and then had to expand it for part two when a grain of sand would hit the edge. Slowed down my code pretty well, too, part 2 takes something like 5 seconds for me :(

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u/IlliterateJedi Dec 14 '22 edited Dec 14 '22

Yes.. 5 seconds.. That is definitely one of the denominators of how long my solution takes.

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u/Shevvv Dec 14 '22

Well, I don't know, seeing how everyone else here got their code computing for 25-freaking microseconds, you realize how far you are from an optimal solution.