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Advent of Code
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br0xen (AoC++) 2*
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--- Day 1: Calorie Counting ---
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Santa's reindeer typically eat regular reindeer food, but they need a lot of magical energy to deliver presents on Christmas.
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For that, their favorite snack is a special type of star fruit that only grows deep in the jungle. The Elves have brought you
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on their annual expedition to the grove where the fruit grows.
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To supply enough magical energy, the expedition needs to retrieve a minimum of fifty stars by December 25th. Although the
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Elves assure you that the grove has plenty of fruit, you decide to grab any fruit you see along the way, just in case.
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Collect stars by solving puzzles. Two puzzles will be made available on each day in the Advent calendar; the second puzzle is
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unlocked when you complete the first. Each puzzle grants one star. Good luck!
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The jungle must be too overgrown and difficult to navigate in vehicles or access from the air; the Elves' expedition
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traditionally goes on foot. As your boats approach land, the Elves begin taking inventory of their supplies. One important
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consideration is food - in particular, the number of Calories each Elf is carrying (your puzzle input).
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The Elves take turns writing down the number of Calories contained by the various meals, snacks, rations, etc. that they've
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brought with them, one item per line. Each Elf separates their own inventory from the previous Elf's inventory (if any) by a
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blank line.
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For example, suppose the Elves finish writing their items' Calories and end up with the following list:
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1000
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2000
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3000
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4000
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5000
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6000
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7000
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8000
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9000
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10000
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This list represents the Calories of the food carried by five Elves:
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• The first Elf is carrying food with 1000, 2000, and 3000 Calories, a total of 6000 Calories.
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• The second Elf is carrying one food item with 4000 Calories.
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• The third Elf is carrying food with 5000 and 6000 Calories, a total of 11000 Calories.
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• The fourth Elf is carrying food with 7000, 8000, and 9000 Calories, a total of 24000 Calories.
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• The fifth Elf is carrying one food item with 10000 Calories.
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In case the Elves get hungry and need extra snacks, they need to know which Elf to ask: they'd like to know how many Calories
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are being carried by the Elf carrying the most Calories. In the example above, this is 24000 (carried by the fourth Elf).
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Find the Elf carrying the most Calories. How many total Calories is that Elf carrying?
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Your puzzle answer was 72070.
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--- Part Two ---
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By the time you calculate the answer to the Elves' question, they've already realized that the Elf carrying the most Calories
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of food might eventually run out of snacks.
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To avoid this unacceptable situation, the Elves would instead like to know the total Calories carried by the top three Elves
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carrying the most Calories. That way, even if one of those Elves runs out of snacks, they still have two backups.
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In the example above, the top three Elves are the fourth Elf (with 24000 Calories), then the third Elf (with 11000 Calories),
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then the fifth Elf (with 10000 Calories). The sum of the Calories carried by these three elves is 45000.
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Find the top three Elves carrying the most Calories. How many Calories are those Elves carrying in total?
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Your puzzle answer was 211805.
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Both parts of this puzzle are complete! They provide two gold stars: **
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