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advent-of-code/2017/puzzle-17-02.cc

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using UIntVector = std::vector<unsigned>;
auto main() -> int
{
std::string line;
if (!std::getline(std::cin, line)) {
std::cerr << "Unable to read line.\n";
return 1;
}
auto step{std::stoul(line)};
unsigned pos{0};
unsigned after_zero{0};
for (unsigned i{1}; i < 50'000'001; ++i) {
/* Currently we have at position pos of a circular list of length i.
* We want to move `step` steps round the circular list.
*/
pos = (pos + step) % i;
if (pos == 0) {
after_zero = i;
}
/* Current position is moved on one. */
++pos;
}
std::cout << "Result " << after_zero << '\n';
return 0;
}