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rDramaAdvent of Code Day 4: Back on Track Edition

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idk if im burnt out from tutoring bootcampers worse than i am over zoom for 3 hours or if its because i havent had a drink in 3 days but i still have no fricking clue what part 2 is trying to ask me to do so i shamelessly stole that part

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it's saying duplicate the subsequent cards for as many "wins" as "current card" has

Card 1 has 4 wins, now Card 1 gets its original point, and cards ( 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 ) get a point because of Card 1's wins.

Onto Card 2, it gets the initial/original point, on top of the 1 point it had received from Card 1. So Card 2 has 2 points. Say it had just 1 win. With just 1 win on Card 2, it gives a point to only the next Card 3. But it does it again for each point it has, and gives Card 3 another point. Now Card 3 has 1 point from Card 1, 1 point from Card 2, and 1 point grom Card 2's repeat. So 3 points.

When Card 3's up, on top of the 3 points it has received, it also gets its initial/original point now that it's up.. so 4 points. But say it didn't have any wins, and basically passes 0 points down, four times. The game is still on because the next Card 4 had received a point from the first Card 1 and has 3 wins.

Card 4 has the 1 point from Card 1, and gets its initial/original point, so 2 points. It gives the next 3 cards a point, then since it's got one more copy it does it again so Card 5, 6, and 7 are given a total of 2 points each. Continues on until there's a dead end, then u sum all the points.

My answer was 11,787,590 lmao

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Your pulitzer's in the mail

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The wording is retarded, they should've given a walkthrough.

Cards (you start with 1 of each): 1 1 1 1 1 1

Scores (from part 1): 4 2 2 1 0 0

Position 1: 1 card at this position, each scores 4. So add 1 to each of the next 4 cards.

       v
Cards: 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Add: 0 1 1 1 1 0
  New: 1 2 2 2 2 1

Position 2: 2 cards at this position, each scores 2. So add 2 to each of the next 2 cards.

         v
Cards: 1 2 2 2 2 1
  Add: 0 0 2 2 0 0
  New: 1 2 4 4 2 1

Position 3: 4 cards at this position, each scores 2. So add 4 to each of the next 2 cards.

           v
Cards: 1 2 4 4 2 1
  Add: 0 0 0 4 4 0
  New: 1 2 4 8 6 1

Position 4: 8 cards at this position, each scores 1. So add 8 to each of the next 1 card.

             v
Cards: 1 2 4 8  6 1
  Add: 0 0 0 0  8 0
  New: 1 2 4 8 14 1

Position 5: 14 cards at this position, each scoring 0. So add 14 to each of the next 0 cards (nothing).

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Cards: 1 2 4 8 14 1
  Add: 0 0 0 0  0 0
  New: 1 2 4 8 14 1

Position 6: 1 card at this position, each scoring 0. Add nothing.

                  v
Cards: 1 2 4 8 14 1
  Add: 0 0 0 0  0 0
  New: 1 2 4 8 14 1

Final cards: 1 2 4 8 14 1

Sum: 30

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I don't know what you said, because I've seen another human naked.

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