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[1]Advent of Code
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• [2][About]
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• [3][Events]
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• [4][Shop]
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• [5][Settings]
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br0xen [7](AoC++) 6*
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{year=>[8]2024}
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• [9][Calendar]
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• [10][AoC++]
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• [11][Sponsors]
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• [12][Leaderboard]
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• [13][Stats]
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Our [14]sponsors help make Advent of Code possible:
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ADVENTOFCODE
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--- Day 4: Ceres Search ---
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"Looks like the Chief's not here. Next!" One of The Historians pulls out a
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device and pushes the only button on it. After a brief flash, you
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recognize the interior of the [16]Ceres monitoring station!
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As the search for the Chief continues, a small Elf who lives on the
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station tugs on your shirt; she'd like to know if you could help her with
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her word search (your puzzle input). She only has to find one word: XMAS.
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This word search allows words to be horizontal, vertical, diagonal,
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written backwards, or even overlapping other words. It's a little unusual,
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though, as you don't merely need to find one instance of XMAS - you need
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to find all of them. Here are a few ways XMAS might appear, where
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irrelevant characters have been replaced with .:
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..X...
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.SAMX.
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.A..A.
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XMAS.S
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.X....
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The actual word search will be full of letters instead. For example:
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MMMSXXMASM
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MSAMXMSMSA
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AMXSXMAAMM
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MSAMASMSMX
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XMASAMXAMM
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XXAMMXXAMA
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SMSMSASXSS
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SAXAMASAAA
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MAMMMXMMMM
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MXMXAXMASX
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In this word search, XMAS occurs a total of 18 times; here's the same word
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search again, but where letters not involved in any XMAS have been
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replaced with .:
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....XXMAS.
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.SAMXMS...
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...S..A...
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..A.A.MS.X
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XMASAMX.MM
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X.....XA.A
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S.S.S.S.SS
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.A.A.A.A.A
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..M.M.M.MM
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.X.X.XMASX
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Take a look at the little Elf's word search. How many times does XMAS
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appear?
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To begin, [17]get your puzzle input.
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Answer: [18]_____________________ [19][ [Submit] ]
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You can also [Shareon [20]Bluesky [21]Twitter [22]Mastodon] this puzzle.
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References
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Visible links
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1. https://adventofcode.com/
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2. https://adventofcode.com/2024/about
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3. https://adventofcode.com/2024/events
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4. https://cottonbureau.com/people/advent-of-code
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6. https://adventofcode.com/2024/auth/logout
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7. Advent of Code Supporter
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https://adventofcode.com/2024/support
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8. https://adventofcode.com/2024
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9. https://adventofcode.com/2024
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10. https://adventofcode.com/2024/support
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11. https://adventofcode.com/2024/sponsors
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12. https://adventofcode.com/2024/leaderboard
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13. https://adventofcode.com/2024/stats
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14. https://adventofcode.com/2024/sponsors
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15. https://adventofcode.com/2024/sponsors/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eboot%2Edev%3Fpromo%3DADVENTOFCODE
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16. https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/10
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17. https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/4/input
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20. https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=%22Ceres+Search%22+%2D+Day+4+%2D+Advent+of+Code+2024+%23AdventOfCode+https%3A%2F%2Fadventofcode%2Ecom%2F2024%2Fday%2F4
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21. https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%22Ceres+Search%22+%2D+Day+4+%2D+Advent+of+Code+2024&url=https%3A%2F%2Fadventofcode%2Ecom%2F2024%2Fday%2F4&related=ericwastl&hashtags=AdventOfCode
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22. javascript:void(0);
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