Day 4: Ceres Search
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://topaz.github.io/paste/ 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/6637268
- 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
I’m not even sure how to write most of these characters
The operators have all got ascii names you can type, and the formatter converts them to the symbols. It’s a bit odd but really worthwhile, as you get access to the powerful array handling functionality that made solving today’s challenges so much more straightforward than in other languages.
It looks quite functional indeed