defmodule Day15 do @input [18, 8, 0, 5, 4, 1, 20] def run do [stop] = System.argv() start(@input, nil, 1, String.to_integer(stop), %{}) |> IO.puts() end def start([], prev_num, round, stop, state), do: play(prev_num, round, stop, state) def start([num | rest], _prev_num, round, stop, state) do start(rest, num, round + 1, stop, Map.put(state, num, {round, round})) end def play(prev_num, stop, stop, state), do: next_num(prev_num, state) def play(prev_num, round, stop, state) do num = next_num(prev_num, state) state = Map.update(state, num, {round, round}, fn {_a, b} -> {b, round} end) play(num, round + 1, stop, state) end def next_num(prev_num, state) do {a, b} = state[prev_num] b - a end end Day15.run()