public override object SolvePart2(string[] input)
{
var previousForrests = new List <Forrest>();
var forrest = new Forrest(input);
previousForrests.Add(forrest);
var iterations = 1_000_000_000;
for (var i = 1; i <= iterations; i++)
{
forrest = forrest.NextGeneration();
var sameExistingForrestIndex = previousForrests.IndexOf(forrest);
if (sameExistingForrestIndex != -1)
{
var repeatCount = i - sameExistingForrestIndex;
var remainingIterationsFromFirstRepeat = iterations - sameExistingForrestIndex;
var resultForrestIndex = sameExistingForrestIndex + (remainingIterationsFromFirstRepeat % repeatCount);
var resultForrest = previousForrests[resultForrestIndex];
return(resultForrest.TreeCount * resultForrest.LumberyardCount);
}
previousForrests.Add(forrest);
}
throw new Exception("End of the World!");
}
public override object SolvePart1(string[] input)
{
var forrest = new Forrest(input);
for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
{
forrest = forrest.NextGeneration();
}
return(forrest.TreeCount * forrest.LumberyardCount);
}