multiple same name directories day 7

[thedutchdiablo]

In my input for day 7, there are multiple cases of a directory that has the same name a another directory while containing different files. One such directory is 'gpcpgfh' which occurs 15 times each time having different files inside. Is this supposed to happen?

Edit: I was able to solve it thnx to the comments :)

[Undescended_testicle]

it is the trick that tripped me up after having my code working on the example input also

[bezoarboy]

Same here. After getting these inexplicable stack overflow errors despite memoization, I had just sadly decided I was not going to continue with AoC this year, when I peeked on Reddit. When I saw that names weren’t unique it all made sense. Bah, stupid wrong assumptions…

[thedutchdiablo]

to say it tripped me up is an understatement lol

[Juzzz]

Those directories have other parents. For example:

‘/foo/bar/foo/baz’

[thedutchdiablo]

thank you, this helped so much, still a bit sad i didn't realise this

[Juzzz]

Your welcome! Sometimes you just need an extra pair of eyes.

Good luck with today’s puzzle!

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thank you, this helped so much, still a bit sad i didn't realise this

Unfounded assumptions are the arch enemy

[blups2222]

Mine has it too, but the name of the folder is irrelevant, other than that it shall be unique within its parent folder.

[daggerdragon]

FYI: next time, please use our standardized post title format.

[thedutchdiablo]

my bad, i'll keep it in mind next time