From 46c27fd8a6b882c38913638ea40730d59540495e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Ziegler <technik@secon-gmbh.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:47:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] worked on day 02 part2

---
 08/main.go | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/08/main.go b/08/main.go
index 321d2ff..3b62173 100644
--- a/08/main.go
+++ b/08/main.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type Point struct {
 	X, Y, Z int
 	Parent  *Point
 	Size    int
+	id      int
 }
 
 func (p *Point) DistanceTo(p2 *Point) float64 {
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ func (p *Point) GetRoot() *Point {
 	if p.Parent == nil || p.Parent == p {
 		return p
 	} else {
-		return p.GetRoot()
+		return p.Parent.GetRoot()
 	}
 }
 
@@ -50,16 +51,20 @@ func do(test bool) (int, int) {
 
 	for ii, rr := range rows {
 		points[ii] = PointFromString(rr)
+		points[ii].id = ii
 	}
 
 	connections := []Connection{}
 
-	for ii, p1 := range points {
-		for _, p2 := range points[ii+1:] {
+	for ii := range points {
+		for jj := range points[ii+1:] {
+			p1 := &points[ii]
+			p2 := &points[jj]
+
 			connections = append(connections, Connection{
-				Length: p1.DistanceTo(&p2),
-				P1:     &p1,
-				P2:     &p2,
+				Length: p1.DistanceTo(p2),
+				P1:     &points[ii],
+				P2:     &points[ii+1+jj],
 			})
 		}
 	}
@@ -67,10 +72,8 @@ func do(test bool) (int, int) {
 	// sort distances by length
 	sort.Slice(connections, func(i, j int) bool { return connections[i].Length < connections[j].Length })
 
-	for _, cc := range connections[:10] {
-		fmt.Println(*cc.P1)
-		fmt.Println(*cc.P2)
-
+	for ii := range connections[:10] {
+		cc := &connections[ii]
 		// if both have no parent, make the first one as the parent
 		if cc.P1.Parent == nil && cc.P2.Parent == nil {
 			cc.P1.Parent = cc.P1
@@ -78,8 +81,6 @@ func do(test bool) (int, int) {
 
 			cc.P1.Size++
 
-			// fmt.Println(cc.P2.GetRoot().Size)
-
 			// if the second one has no parent, connect it to the first one
 		} else if cc.P2.Parent == nil {
 			cc.P2.Parent = cc.P1
@@ -92,23 +93,27 @@ func do(test bool) (int, int) {
 
 			// both have a parent -> make the parent of p2's root p1
 		} else {
-			p2OldSize := cc.P2.GetRoot().Size
+			p2Root := cc.P2.GetRoot()
+			p2OldSize := p2Root.Size
 
-			cc.P2.GetRoot().Parent = cc.P1
+			cc.P2.GetRoot().Parent = cc.P1.GetRoot()
 
 			cc.P1.GetRoot().Size += p2OldSize
 		}
 	}
 
-	roots := []Point{}
+	roots := []*Point{}
 
-	for _, pp := range points {
-		if pp.GetRoot() == &pp {
+	for ii := range points {
+		pp := &points[ii]
+		if pp.GetRoot() == pp {
 			roots = append(roots, pp)
+
+			fmt.Println(pp.Size)
 		}
 	}
 
-	sort.Slice(roots, func(i, j int) bool { return roots[i].Size < roots[j].Size })
+	sort.Slice(roots, func(i, j int) bool { return roots[i].Size > roots[j].Size })
 
 	res1 := roots[0].Size * roots[1].Size * roots[2].Size