From e7c9108b95e39d7ea5a29ae06d619c4727f11027 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Voss Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 23:02:39 +0200 Subject: Initial commit --- 2015/11/puzzle-2 | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2015/11/puzzle-2 (limited to '2015/11/puzzle-2') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3