Day5 Second puzzle

2025/'

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+-- Using Autorun now
+print("Starting Day 5...")

2025/Day4/Day4_first.lua

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 --
 --
 --local input_file = "test"
-local input_file = "full"
+local input_file = "Day4/full"
 local warehouse = {}
 
 local row = 0

2025/Day5/Day5.lua

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+-- Using Autorun now
+print("Starting Day 5...")
+
+local input_file = "Day5/full"
+local DEBUG = false
+local Freshness = {
+	Range = {},
+}
+
+function debug(msg)
+	if DEBUG then
+		print(msg)
+	end
+end
+
+function Freshness.add(R)
+	local S, E = string.match(R, "(%d+)-(%d+)")
+	local Set = { tonumber(S), tonumber(E) }
+	table.insert(Freshness.Range, Set)
+end
+
+function Freshness.show()
+	for k, v in pairs(Freshness.Range) do
+		print(string.format("%d-%d", v[1], v[2]))
+	end
+end
+
+function Freshness.check(value)
+	cv = tonumber(value)
+	for k, v in pairs(Freshness.Range) do
+		if cv >= v[1] and cv <= v[2] then
+			return true
+		end
+	end
+	return false
+end
+
+function Freshness.CalculateIDs()
+	-- Copy and Sort
+	table.sort(Freshness.Range, function(a, b)
+		return a[1] < b[1]
+	end)
+	local IDTable = {}
+	local count = 0
+	for kadd, vadd in pairs(Freshness.Range) do
+		local merged = false
+		debug("Checking " .. vadd[1] .. "-" .. vadd[2])
+		for kcheck, vcheck in pairs(IDTable) do
+			-- Check Lower
+			debug("  Compare " .. vcheck[1] .. "-" .. vcheck[2])
+			if vadd[1] >= vcheck[1] and vadd[1] <= vcheck[2] then
+				if vadd[2] > vcheck[2] then
+					debug("  Lower number inside range and higher number higher")
+					IDTable[kcheck][2] = vadd[2]
+				end
+				merged = true
+			end
+			-- Check higher
+			if vadd[2] >= vcheck[1] and vadd[2] <= vcheck[2] then
+				if vadd[1] < vcheck[1] then
+					debug("  Higher number inside range and lower number lower")
+					IDTable[kcheck][1] = vadd[1]
+				end
+				merged = true
+			end
+		end
+		if not merged then
+			table.insert(IDTable, vadd)
+		end
+	end
+	local countIDs = 0
+	for k, v in pairs(IDTable) do
+		countIDs = countIDs + (v[2] - v[1]) + 1
+		print(string.format("Range %d-%d = %d  Total %d", v[1], v[2], (v[2] - v[1] + 1), countIDs))
+	end
+	return countIDs
+end
+
+local InputMode = true
+local FreshCounter = 0
+for line in io.lines(input_file) do
+	if line == "" then
+		InputMode = false
+	elseif InputMode then
+		Freshness.add(line)
+	else
+		if Freshness.check(line) then
+			FreshCounter = FreshCounter + 1
+		end
+	end
+end
+
+print("Found Fresh Ingredients " .. FreshCounter)
+print(string.format("Found IDs %18.0f", Freshness.CalculateIDs()))

2025/Day5/test

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+3-5
+10-14
+16-20
+12-18
+
+1
+5
+8
+11
+17
+32

2025/README.md

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 ## Lessons fourth day
 
 1. Need about an hour to do both, but also speeding up
+
+## Lessons fifth day
+
+1. Lua has a maximum table size, so no brute forcing :)
+2. When doing any type of comparing, a good pre-sort helps 
+
+
+

2025/autorun.lua

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+-- Use this to get the buffer ID where you want the output
+-- echo nvim_get_current_buf()
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("BufWritePost", {
+	group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("AutoRunCode", { clear = true }),
+	pattern = "*.lua",
+	callback = function()
+		local bufnr = 21
+		vim.fn.jobstart({ "lua", "Day5/Day5.lua" }, {
+			stdout_buffered = true,
+			on_stdout = function(_, data)
+				if data then
+					vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(bufnr, 0, -1, false, data)
+				end
+			end,
+			on_stderr = function(_, data)
+				if data then
+					vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(bufnr, -1, -1, false, data)
+				end
+			end,
+		})
+	end,
+})