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Diffstat (limited to '2015/11')
| -rw-r--r-- | 2015/11/input | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 2015/11/puzzle-1 | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 2015/11/puzzle-2 | 9 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/2015/11/input b/2015/11/input new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a45c477 --- /dev/null +++ b/2015/11/input @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +hepxcrrq diff --git a/2015/11/puzzle-1 b/2015/11/puzzle-1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0e5756 --- /dev/null +++ b/2015/11/puzzle-1 @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +The starting string is "hepxcrrq" + +The string must contain two sets of non-overlapping duplicates, this is best done as having the last +5 characters be "xxyzz". The first 3 characters aren't illegal, so we don't need to change them. +This gives an end result of "hepxxyzz". + +QED. (I hope) diff --git a/2015/11/puzzle-2 b/2015/11/puzzle-2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..444ce35 --- /dev/null +++ b/2015/11/puzzle-2 @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +This continues from the last puzzle, so our starting string is "hepxxyzz" + +Following the theme of the previous puzzle, we want to create an "xxyzz" pattern in the lowest +amount of increments possible. Since the string currently ends in "xxyzz", we know that the next +possible value we could have that satisfies this property is "aabcc". In order to go from "xxyzz" to +"aabcc" however, you need to overflow which would increment the "p" to a "q". This gives an end +result of "heqaabcc". + +QED. |