const std = @import("std"); const example = @embedFile("example"); const example2 = @embedFile("example2"); const example3 = @embedFile("example3"); const example4 = @embedFile("example4"); const example5 = @embedFile("example5"); const input = @embedFile("input"); pub fn main() anyerror!void { try std.testing.expectEqual(solve(example), 7); try std.testing.expectEqual(solve(example2), 5); try std.testing.expectEqual(solve(example3), 6); try std.testing.expectEqual(solve(example4), 10); try std.testing.expectEqual(solve(example5), 11); const result = solve(input); try std.io.getStdOut().writer().print("{}\n", .{result}); } fn solve(puzzle: []const u8) u64 { var i: u64 = 3; while (true) : (i += 1) { if (puzzle[i] == puzzle[i - 1] or puzzle[i] == puzzle[i - 2] or puzzle[i] == puzzle[i - 3] or puzzle[i - 1] == puzzle[i - 2] or puzzle[i - 1] == puzzle[i - 3] or puzzle[i - 2] == puzzle[i - 3]) { continue; } return i + 1; } }