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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/07.c b/07.c
index 20caf95..e46c8c0 100644
--- a/07.c
+++ b/07.c
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ void part1(struct input_str* input) {
CHECK(fuel_min, EXPECTED1);
}
-long compute_fuel(int distance) {
- long fuel = 0;
- for(int i = 1; i <= distance; i++) {
- fuel += i;
- }
- return fuel;
+long compute_fuel(int distance, long* lookup_table) {
+ if(distance <= 0)
+ return 0;
+ if(lookup_table[distance] != 0)
+ return lookup_table[distance];
+
+ lookup_table[distance] = distance + compute_fuel(distance - 1, lookup_table);
+ return lookup_table[distance];
}
void part2(struct input_str* input) {
@@ -68,11 +70,15 @@ void part2(struct input_str* input) {
}
// brute force
+ // computing the fuel needed from the distance is costly so we use a lookup table to compute fuel only the first time it's needed for a given distance
+ // exec time with lookup table = 0.2s
+ // exec time without = 12.7s
long fuel_min = LONG_MAX;
+ long lookup_table[INPUT_DOMAIN_MAX] = { 0 };
for(int a = 0; a < INPUT_DOMAIN_MAX; a++) {
long current_fuel = 0;
for(int b = 0; b < INPUT_DOMAIN_MAX; b++) {
- current_fuel += sub_count_by_alt[b] * compute_fuel(ABS(b - a));
+ current_fuel += sub_count_by_alt[b] * compute_fuel(ABS(b - a), lookup_table);
}
fuel_min = MIN(fuel_min, current_fuel);
}