I've solved it, but man is it ugly.

# advent-of-code

[todd.ginsberg]

I've solved it, but man is it ugly.

[Rostyslav]

Is it about part1 picture? 🙂

[todd.ginsberg]

No, my code is kinda ugly. I'll clean it up later after work. I just don't like how I did things, mostly with the x/y coordinate things. My original Point class has y descending below the axis, and AoC assumes "screen mode" which has it increasing. It's just leading to screwy implementations for me.

[Rostyslav]

I see. As you have nice and interesting blog you have to care more than others about code's clarity.

[stkent]

One day an AoC problem will use map coords instead of screen coords (but not today) 😄

[Kroppeb]

I just went straight to coding, ignoring any coordinate explanation. I knew I was most likely gonna get letters at the end I it was not worth the time to look at how to move my bot. I just used Point.getQuadNeighbours()[dir] and hoped I was gonna be able to read it at the end. It ended up being flipped vertical but it could has well have rotated or flipped diagonally.

[Kroppeb]

I am thinking of adding a function that set's the coordinate direction of my program and then have the point class use those to decipher concepts like up.
It then can than also be used for printing grids

[Joris PZ]

Ah, glad to see more people have the same issue with the coordinates! #yourenotalone