Day 1: Historian Hysteria
Megathread guidelines
- Keep top level comments as only solutions, if you want to say something other than a solution put it in a new post. (replies to comments can be whatever)
- You can send code in code blocks by using three backticks, the code, and then three backticks or use something such as https://blocks.programming.dev/ if you prefer sending it through a URL
FAQ
- What is this?: Here is a post with a large amount of details: https://programming.dev/post/22323136
- Where do I participate?: https://adventofcode.com/
- Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465
Solution in ruby
This is my third program in ruby after the ruby tutorial and half of the rails tutorial, so don’t expect anything too good from it.
Also i did this today since i had time, i will probably not comment every day.
fyi for lines 14-22 you an use
.absinstead of checking for negatives and.suminstead of doing it manually. Check my crystal solution to see what I mean