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Welcome to Advent of Code
Written on 01.12.2022 09:13 by Sven Rahmann
Good morning everyone,
today is the first day of December, so Advent of Code has started. Every day at 6:00 in the morning, a new two-part problem goes online at https://adventofcode.com/2022.
By today, you should have your (private) git repository (as described in the first week) on gitlab and have given us read access to it (as described in a later week). Please be sure to follow the naming conventions, so we can automatically check out and review your code periodically.
You should also have joined our AoC private leaderboard for the course (link and code in Materials). Otherwise we will not notice when you have achieved 35 stars, and you will not be admitted to the final exam.
So, the first problem today is "standard", and we will be publishing hints here in the news from time to time. Today, there is no need really. We have practiced this type of problem: Open the file, read line by line, test whether the current line is empty and if it is, re-start summing from zero. Maybe it is a good idea to append all elves' calories to one list, so you can in the end work conveniently with one list to make your life (code) simple.
All lecture recordings (and slides, sometimes corrected or slightly modified) are available in the Materials section, if you want to review something.
In general, please try to do each problem on the day it appears; otherwise you may fall too far behind. You still have until 31.01.2023 to collect at least 35 stars, but the later problems will be more difficult and require more time!
Have fun and good luck!