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Hourglasses

Given a 6x6 2D Array, arr:

1 1 1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0

We define an hourglass in A to be a subset of values with indices falling in this pattern in arr's graphical representation:

a b c
  d
e f g

There are 16 hourglasses in arr, and an hourglass sum is the sum of an hourglass' values. Calculate the hourglass sum for every hourglass in arr, then print the maximum hourglass sum.

For example, given the 2D array:

-9 -9 -9  1 1 1 
 0 -9  0  4 3 2
-9 -9 -9  1 2 3
 0  0  8  6 6 0
 0  0  0 -2 0 0
 0  0  1  2 4 0

We calculate the following 16 hourglass values:

-63, -34, -9, 12, 
-10, 0, 28, 23, 
-27, -11, -2, 10, 
9, 17, 25, 18

Our highest hourglass value is 28 from the hourglass:

0 4 3
  1
8 6 6

0 + 4 + 3 + 1 + 8 + 6 + 6 = 28

Usage

You should have installed java

cd Hourglassess/
javac Hourglasses.java
java Hourglasses

Solution overview

Only loop over first element of hourglass, every others elements are constants.

License

MIT