Thanks for replying... I'm a new programmer, and I'm not sure why, but things still aren't making sense. Let me tell you what I'm doing. First of all, Part 1 works fine for me. This is what I do for Part 2 (sample 1).
Sample one is:
Max thruster signal 139629729 (from phase setting sequence 9,8,7,6,5):
3,26,1001,26,-4,26,3,27,1002,27,2,27,1,27,26,
27,4,27,1001,28,-1,28,1005,28,6,99,0,0,5
So...
I start the program, I guess it would be on Amp A. It asks for input, and I give it 9 (from the phase setting sequence above). Then it asks for a second input, and I give it 0 (from the instructions in Part 2). At that point I get an output of 5 and the program stops... Here I have a few questions... 1) should the program have stopped? 2) When I start up the program on Amp B do I start with fresh data (above), or do I use the updated data (I'm using a hash table).
So, then, I guess I start Amp B; it asks for an input. I give it 8, the second number in the phase setting sequence. It asks for another input, and I give it a 5 (from the output above). At that point the program stops and outputs 14. So, at this point I have two amps that have already stopped. This goes on until I get to the fifth amp and I get an output there. But, Amp A has already stopped (it stopped right away). So, what do I do with the output I just got from the fifth amp? It's not the solution; it's a low number.
Hopefully, some of this makes sense. If I can't get the sample to work, I don't know how I'm going to get the puzzle data to work. Any replies would be very welcome.
Thanks for replying... I'm a new programmer, and I'm not sure why, but things still aren't making sense. Let me tell you what I'm doing. First of all, Part 1 works fine for me. This is what I do for Part 2 (sample 1).
Sample one is:
Max thruster signal 139629729 (from phase setting sequence 9,8,7,6,5):
3,26,1001,26,-4,26,3,27,1002,27,2,27,1,27,26,
27,4,27,1001,28,-1,28,1005,28,6,99,0,0,5
So...
I start the program, I guess it would be on Amp A. It asks for input, and I give it 9 (from the phase setting sequence above). Then it asks for a second input, and I give it 0 (from the instructions in Part 2). At that point I get an output of 5 and the program stops... Here I have a few questions... 1) should the program have stopped? 2) When I start up the program on Amp B do I start with fresh data (above), or do I use the updated data (I'm using a hash table).
So, then, I guess I start Amp B; it asks for an input. I give it 8, the second number in the phase setting sequence. It asks for another input, and I give it a 5 (from the output above). At that point the program stops and outputs 14. So, at this point I have two amps that have already stopped. This goes on until I get to the fifth amp and I get an output there. But, Amp A has already stopped (it stopped right away). So, what do I do with the output I just got from the fifth amp? It's not the solution; it's a low number.
Hopefully, some of this makes sense. If I can't get the sample to work, I don't know how I'm going to get the puzzle data to work. Any replies would be very welcome.
The key to debugging what you have here is probably knowing why your program stopped.
In my initial version of the IntCode interpreter would explode when it tried to read input when there was none to give it.
Each Amp should "pause", but not stop when it needs input that isn't there.