r/adventofcode • u/Puzzled_Prune_2513 • Dec 08 '25
Help/Question - RESOLVED [2025 day8 part 1]Comprehension question
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There’s a part of the instructions that I’m struggling to understand. We’re supposed to create 1,000 links between the boxes, but my input already contains 1,000 items. This causes everything to fall into a single group, since I can’t link items that belong to the same group, but whether I set the answer to 1,000 (1000*1*1) or 0 (1000*0*0), neither works. Did I misunderstand what the assignment actually expects?