var input =File.ReadAllText("input.txt").Split(' ').Select(long.Parse).ToList(); var part1 = GetStonesAfterIteration(25, new List(input)).Values.Sum().ToString(); var part2 = GetStonesAfterIteration(75, new List(input)).Values.Sum().ToString(); Console.WriteLine($"Part1: {part1}\nPart2: {part2}"); Dictionary GetStonesAfterIteration(int iteration, List input) { var stones = input.ToDictionary(x => x, x => input.LongCount(y => y == x)); stones.TryAdd(1, 0); for (var i = 0; i < iteration; i++) { var modifications = new Dictionary { { 1, 0 } }; foreach (var stone in stones) { if (stone.Key == 0) { AddStone(1, stone.Value, modifications); } else if (stone.Key.ToString().Length % 2 == 0) { var stoneString = stone.Key.ToString(); var leftStone = int.Parse(stoneString[..(stoneString.Length / 2)]); var rightStone = int.Parse(stoneString[(stoneString.Length / 2)..]); AddStone(leftStone, stone.Value, modifications); AddStone(rightStone, stone.Value, modifications); } else { AddStone(stone.Key * 2024, stone.Value, modifications); } stones.Remove(stone.Key); } foreach (var modification in modifications) stones[modification.Key] = modification.Value; modifications.Clear(); } return stones.Where(x => x.Value > 0).ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Value); } void AddStone(long key, long value, Dictionary modifications) { if (!modifications.TryAdd(key, value)) modifications[key] += value; }