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๐โโ๏ธ - 2024 DAY 20 SOLUTIONS -๐โโ๏ธ
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console.log('Hello World')
Rust
I was stuck for a while, even after getting a few hints, until I read the problem more closely and realized: there is only one non-cheating path, and every free space is on it. This means that the target of any shortcut is guaranteed to be on the shortest path to the end.
This made things relatively simple. I used Dijkstra to calculate the distance from the start to each space. I then looked at every pair of points: if they are a valid distance away from each other, check how much time I would save jumping from one to the next. If that amount of time is in the range we want, then this is a valid cheat.
https://gitlab.com/bricka/advent-of-code-2024-rust/-/blob/main/src/days/day20.rs?ref_type=heads
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