Day 1: Historian Hysteria

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[โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Solution in C

Part 1 is a sort and a quick loop. Part 2 could be efficient with a lookup table but it was practically instant with a simple non-memoized scan so left it that way.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    You are using some interesting techniques there. I never imaged you could use the result of == for adding to a counter.

    But how did you handle duplicates in part 2?

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