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Diffstat (limited to '2015/11')
| -rw-r--r-- | 2015/11/puzzle-1 | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 2015/11/puzzle-2 | 13 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/2015/11/puzzle-1 b/2015/11/puzzle-1 index b0e5756..913a194 100644 --- a/2015/11/puzzle-1 +++ b/2015/11/puzzle-1 @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ -The starting string is "hepxcrrq" +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". +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) +QED. (I hope) diff --git a/2015/11/puzzle-2 b/2015/11/puzzle-2 index 444ce35..089865d 100644 --- a/2015/11/puzzle-2 +++ b/2015/11/puzzle-2 @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ -This continues from the last puzzle, so our starting string is "hepxxyzz" +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". +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. |