2020, tracking

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+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use DDP;
+# use Smart::Comments;
+
+open my $fh, '<', "input" or die "no input present, $!";
+chomp(my @nums = <$fh>);
+close $fh;
+
+@nums = sort { $a <=> $b } @nums;
+
+# fix one index, solve two sum problem
+my $fixed_idx = 0;
+my $l_idx = 1;
+my $r_idx = $#nums;
+
+my $total = $nums[$fixed_idx] + $nums[$l_idx] + $nums[$r_idx];
+
+while ($total != 2020) {
+
+    if ($total < 2020) {
+        $l_idx++; # total too low, increase
+    } else {
+        $r_idx--; # total too high, decrease
+    }
+
+    # fixed index might not be correct
+    if ($l_idx > $r_idx) {
+        $fixed_idx++;
+        $l_idx = $fixed_idx + 1;
+        $r_idx = $#nums;
+    }
+
+    $total = $nums[$fixed_idx] + $nums[$l_idx] + $nums[$r_idx];
+    ### $total
+
+    ### $fixed_idx
+    ### $l_idx
+    ### $r_idx
+
+    # print("fixed: $nums[$fixed_idx]\nleft: $nums[$l_idx]\nright: $nums[$r_idx]\n");
+}
+
+print $nums[$fixed_idx] * $nums[$l_idx] * $nums[$r_idx];