Clean up

2024/day-17/solution-2.sh

@@ -7,14 +7,18 @@ DEBUG=false
 INCREMENT=1
 TAIL_NUM=16
 
+# Load registry values
 REG_A=$(grep 'Register A:' "$FILE" | cut -f2 -d: )
 REG_B=$(grep 'Register B:' "$FILE" | cut -f2 -d: )
 REG_C=$(grep 'Register C:' "$FILE" | cut -f2 -d: )
+
+# Rewrite registry A starting value
 #REG_A=100000000000000
 REG_A=164541160582800
+
+# Load input string
 read -r -a INPUT <<< "$(grep 'Program:' "$FILE" | cut -f2 -d: | tr ',' ' ' )"
 INPUT_LEN=${#INPUT[@]}
-
 printf "Registers A: %s B: %s C: %s\n" "$REG_A" "$REG_B" "$REG_C" >&2
 #printf "Input: " >&2
 #printf "%s " "${INPUT[@]}" >&2
@@ -23,17 +27,13 @@ printf "Registers A: %s B: %s C: %s\n" "$REG_A" "$REG_B" "$REG_C" >&2
 # Load machine operations
 . machine.sh
 
-#while ! check_quine
+# Iterate registry A until last nth digits are matched
 while ! check_tail "$TAIL_NUM"
 do
   read -r -a OUTPUT <<< "$( execute_machine )"
   printf "Register A: %s\n" "$REG_A"
   printf "Output:\t"
-  #printf "%s " "${OUTPUT[@]}"
-  for i in "${OUTPUT[@]}"
-  do
-    printf "%s " "$i" # Print octal representation
-  done
+  printf "%s " "${OUTPUT[@]}"
   printf "\n"
   printf "Input:\t"
   printf "%s " "${INPUT[@]}"