From f430d4ed7b0470071c79cfb3987e8dab06d50580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: onyx-and-iris <code@onyxandiris.online>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:27:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] convert straight from bin to dec.

---
 day-24/internal/one/solve.go | 10 +++++-----
 day-24/internal/one/util.go  |  8 --------
 day-24/internal/one/zwire.go |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/day-24/internal/one/solve.go b/day-24/internal/one/solve.go
index 5ed5883..b07eb09 100644
--- a/day-24/internal/one/solve.go
+++ b/day-24/internal/one/solve.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package one
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"math"
 	"sort"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ func Solve(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 	})
 	sort.Sort(byName(zWires))
 
-	var binStr strings.Builder
-	for _, zWire := range zWires {
-		binStr.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(zWire.value))
+	var decimal int
+	for i, zWire := range zWires {
+		decimal += zWire.value * int(math.Pow(float64(2), float64(i)))
 	}
 
-	return mustConvBinToDec(binStr.String()), nil
+	return decimal, nil
 }
 
 func calculateWire(expressions []expression, wires map[string]int) map[string]int {
diff --git a/day-24/internal/one/util.go b/day-24/internal/one/util.go
index ddc4ab4..563e1cd 100644
--- a/day-24/internal/one/util.go
+++ b/day-24/internal/one/util.go
@@ -79,14 +79,6 @@ func anyNegative(wires map[string]int) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func mustConvBinToDec(s string) int {
-	n, err := strconv.ParseInt(s, 2, 64)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	return int(n)
-}
-
 func filter(wires map[string]int, fn func(string) bool) []zWire {
 	var filtered []zWire
 	for name, value := range wires {
diff --git a/day-24/internal/one/zwire.go b/day-24/internal/one/zwire.go
index bbdc6e2..39edc20 100644
--- a/day-24/internal/one/zwire.go
+++ b/day-24/internal/one/zwire.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ func (b byName) Len() int {
 	return len(b)
 }
 func (b byName) Less(i, j int) bool {
-	return b[j].name < b[i].name
+	return b[j].name > b[i].name
 }
 func (b byName) Swap(i, j int) {
 	b[i], b[j] = b[j], b[i]