2025: day02: part 2

aoc2025/src/day02.rs

@@ -50,15 +50,31 @@ fn get_num_digits(num: &u64) -> usize {
     digits
 }
 
+fn get_nth_digit(num: &u64, n: usize) -> u64 {
+    let mut num = *num;
+    for _ in 0..n {
+        num /= 10;
+    }
+    num % 10
+}
+
 fn is_repeated_twice(num: &u64) -> bool {
     let num_digits = get_num_digits(num);
     if !num_digits.is_multiple_of(2) {
         return false;
     }
     let half = num_digits / 2;
-    let mask = 10_u64.pow(half as u32);
 
-    *num / mask == *num % mask
+    for (right, left) in (0..half).zip(half..num_digits) {
+        let ln = get_nth_digit(num, left);
+        let rn = get_nth_digit(num, right);
+
+        if ln != rn {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    true
 }
 
 fn part1(input: &str) -> Result<u64> {