From 1785bf503814d36003120a8449dc69d5d230a395 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bas Grolleman <bgrolleman@emendo-it.nl>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 21:26:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Day3 second

---
 2025/Day3/Day3_second.lua | 72 +++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/2025/Day3/Day3_second.lua b/2025/Day3/Day3_second.lua
index 1bdf826..fd2ff53 100755
--- a/2025/Day3/Day3_second.lua
+++ b/2025/Day3/Day3_second.lua
@@ -10,51 +10,31 @@ function debug(msg)
 end
 
 function MaxJolt(Battery, Size)
-	-- TODO - This going to be a rework, I need to loop 12 times
-	local BatteryDigits = {}
-	for I = 1, tonumber(Size) do
-		BatteryDigits[I] = 0
+	debug("Staring Battery Check [" .. Battery .. "] Size [" .. Size .. "]")
+
+	-- Load Battery into Array
+	local BatteryTable = {}
+	local BatterySize = string.len(Battery)
+	for Cell in Battery:gmatch(".") do
+		table.insert(BatteryTable, tonumber(Cell))
 	end
 
-	-- lastdigit = tonumber(string.sub(Battery, -1))
-	-- debug("lastdigit " .. lastdigit)
-	--
-	-- BatteryNoLast = string.sub(Battery, 0, -2)
-	-- BatteryNoLast:gsub(".", function(c)
-	-- 	table.insert(b, c)
-	-- 	return c
-	-- end)
-	--
-	-- for key, value in pairs(b) do
-	-- 	checkdigit = tonumber(value)
-	-- 	if firstdigit < checkdigit then
-	-- 		firstdigit = checkdigit
-	-- 	end
-	-- end
-	--
-	-- local passedfirst = false
-	-- for key, value in pairs(b) do
-	-- 	checkdigit = tonumber(value)
-	-- 	if passedfirst and seconddigit < checkdigit then
-	-- 		seconddigit = checkdigit
-	-- 	end
-	-- 	if checkdigit == firstdigit then
-	-- 		passedfirst = true
-	-- 	end
-	-- end
-	--
-	-- if seconddigit < lastdigit then
-	-- 	seconddigit = lastdigit
-	-- end
-	--
-	-- debug("First " .. firstdigit)
-	-- debug("Second " .. seconddigit)
-	-- return tostring(firstdigit) .. tostring(seconddigit)
-	local BatteryString = ""
+	local Digits = {}
+	local Start = 1
+
+	-- Outer loop for Digits
 	for I = 1, tonumber(Size) do
-		BatteryString = BatteryString .. tostring(BatteryDigits[I])
+		debug("Checking digits " .. Start .. " till " .. (BatterySize - (Size - I)))
+		Digits[I] = 0
+		for Check = Start, BatterySize - (Size - I) do
+			if Digits[I] < BatteryTable[Check] then
+				Digits[I] = BatteryTable[Check]
+				Start = Check + 1
+			end
+		end
 	end
-	return BatteryString
+
+	return table.concat(Digits)
 end
 
 function TestMaxJolt(Battery, Test, Size)
@@ -71,11 +51,13 @@ TestMaxJolt("987654321111111", "987654321111", 12)
 TestMaxJolt("811111111111119", "811111111119", 12)
 TestMaxJolt("234234234234278", "434234234278", 12)
 TestMaxJolt("818181911112111", "888911112111", 12)
-
+--
 print("# Calculate MaxJolt")
 local TotalJolt = 0
-
+--
 for battery_line in io.lines("full_input") do
-	TotalJolt = TotalJolt + MaxJolt(battery_line)
+	local Jolt = MaxJolt(battery_line, 12)
+	print(Jolt)
+	TotalJolt = TotalJolt + Jolt
 end
-print("Total " .. TotalJolt)
+print("Total " .. string.format("%18.0f", TotalJolt))