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day06/6a/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	content := returnContent("../input")
+	//content := returnContent("testInput")
+	fmt.Println(content)
+
+	days := 80
+
+	for i := 0; i < days; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < len(*content); j++ {
+			(*content)[j]--
+			if (*content)[j] < 0 {
+				(*content)[j] = 6
+				(*content) = append((*content), 9)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(len(*content))
+}
+
+func returnContent(path string) *[]int {
+	//read file and return it as an array of integers
+
+	file, err := os.Open(path)
+	var content []int
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Unlucky, the file didn't open")
+		return &content
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		text := strings.Split(scanner.Text(), ",")
+		for _, v := range text {
+			num, _ := strconv.Atoi(v)
+			content = append(content, num)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &content
+}

day06/6b/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	content := returnContent("../input")
+	//content := returnContent("testInput")
+	fmt.Println(content)
+
+	days := 256
+
+	var waitTime [9]int
+
+	for _, v := range *content {
+		waitTime[v]++
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(waitTime)
+
+	for gen := 0; gen < days; gen++ {
+		justBred := waitTime[0]
+
+		for daysToWait := range waitTime[:len(waitTime)-1] {
+			//Move array down a position
+			waitTime[daysToWait] = waitTime[daysToWait+1]
+		}
+
+		//Add new fish and fish that have just bred (fallen off end of array)
+		waitTime[6] += justBred //start waiting other 6 days
+		waitTime[8] = justBred  //new fishes
+	}
+
+	var numFishes int
+
+	for _, fishes := range waitTime {
+		numFishes += fishes
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println(numFishes)
+}
+
+func returnContent(path string) *[]int {
+	//read file and return it as an array of integers
+
+	file, err := os.Open(path)
+	var content []int
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Unlucky, the file didn't open")
+		return &content
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		text := strings.Split(scanner.Text(), ",")
+		for _, v := range text {
+			num, _ := strconv.Atoi(v)
+			content = append(content, num)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &content
+}

day06/input

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+1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,1,4,1,5,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,1,1,5,5,2,5,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,3,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,5,4,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,2,4,1,1,1,1,1,3,3,2,1,1,4,1,1,5,5,1,1,1,1,1,2,5,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,1,5,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,3,1,1,3,1,3,1,4,1,5,4,1,1,2,1,1,5,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,5,4,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,1,1,1,2,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,4,2,1,2,1,1,4,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,2,1,4,1,5,1,1,1,4,5,1,1,1,1,1,1,5,1,1,5,1,2,1,1,2,4,1,1,2,1,5,5,3

day06/testInput

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+3,4,3,1,2