use 5.38.0; package Part1; use List::AllUtils qw/ product /; use POSIX qw/ floor ceil /; sub my_zip($a,$b) { return map { [ $a->[$_], $b->[$_] ] } 0..$a->@*-1; } sub parse_file($input) { my_zip( map { [/(\d+)/g ] } split "\n", $input ); } sub race_solution($time,$distance) { my $min = ( $time - sqrt( $time**2 - 4 * $distance) ) / 2; my $max = ( $time + sqrt( $time**2 - 4 * $distance) ) / 2; $min = int($min)+1; $max = ($max == int $max)?$max-1:int $max; warn "$min - $max"; return $max-$min+1; } sub solution_1 ($input) { product map { race_solution(@$_)} parse_file($input); } 1;