ps. look out for all my other solutions for Advent of Code challenges here.   Day 4 See details of the challenge here. The input for today’s challenge looks something like this: bkwzkqsxq-tovvilokx-nozvyiwoxd-172[fstek] wifilzof-wbiwifuny-yhachyylcha-526[qrazx] jvyyvzpcl-jhukf-shivyhavyf-487[zhtsi] kwvacumz-ozilm-kivlg-kwvbiqvumvb-694[gknyw] mvhkvbdib-kmjezxodgz-mvwwdo-omvdidib-837[dmvbi] nzydfxpc-rclop-qwzhpc-lnbftdtetzy-171[cptzd] vhehkyne-unggr-inkvatlbgz-813[gnehk] tcorcikpi-hnqygt-octmgvkpi-570[nzewo] xmtjbzidx-wvnfzo-jkzmvodjin-447[uyzlp] willimcpy-mwupyhayl-bohn-mufym-734[stjoc] sbejpbdujwf-cvooz-xpsltipq-961[azfnd] … So our first task is to turn these into a more usable …

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ps. look out for all my other solutions for Advent of Code challenges here.   Day 3 See details of the challenge here. First, let’s capture the input for today’s challenge in a text file, say Day03Input.txt. Then, let’s create a module to capture the common steps between both parts of the challenge. There’s really not …

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ps. look out for all my other solutions for Advent of Code challenges here.   Day 2 See details of the challenge here. Let’s start by capturing the model and input data in a module. Since I’m armed with the hindsight of having seen both parts of today’s challenge I’ve refactored the common logic into a solve function: there’s …

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It’s December again, which means two things have started : F# Advent Calendar Advent of Code unfortunately I was too busy (that is, until the swift and untimely death of Yubl…) to be involved with the F# Advent Calendar this year, but I’m certainly not going to miss out on the Advent of Code. ps. …

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