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Day 5: Part 1

Problem Description

The task was to simulate a series of operations on a stack of items and determine the final configuration. Each operation specifies how items should be moved between stacks.

Approach

To solve this problem, I implemented the following steps:
1. Input Reading: I read the input data from a file, which contains the initial configuration of stacks and the operations to perform.
2. Stack Representation: I used a list of lists to represent the stacks, where each inner list corresponds to a stack of items.
3. Operation Processing: I iterated through the list of operations, updating the stacks according to the specified rules for moving items.
4. Output: Finally, I printed the final configuration of the stacks after all operations were applied.

This approach effectively simulates the stack operations as described.

Key Insights

Concepts and Algorithms Used