Searching stars

This section features Advent of Code (AoC) challenges using R. The AoC is a series of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels in any programming language. The challenges are published daily and are a great way to learn a new programming language or to learn new concepts in a familiar language. The challenges are available at https://adventofcode.com. The AoC is running from 2015 to the present and consists of two-part puzzles released every day from 1 to 25 December. For the two puzzles of each day, the input is the same.

For most of the challenges we will use the functions, style and approaches of the tidyverse universe. In addition, I try to stick to the following conventions in the text: