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[–] DaleGribble88 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You can't just replace the first letter either, because depending on the order of your replacements, you could be replacing the end of another number. (Encountered this exact problem trying to optimize my solution.)

[–] CameronDev 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I replaced the second letter, none of them overlap 2 letters.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As long as you replace any spelled out numbers from left to right it should work

[–] stifle867 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

2oneight - if you replace from left to right you get 21ight or 21. This doesn't work for part 2 as the answer should br 28.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We're talking about just the first letter, so

2oneight —> 21neight —> 21n8ight