registers = Hash[(?a..?d).map {|c| [c, 0] }] pc = 0 data = DATA.each_line.to_a while pc < data.size line = data[pc] case line when /cpy ([a-d]|\d+) ([a-d])/ value = registers.fetch($1) { $1.to_i } registers[$2] = value pc += 1 when /inc ([a-d])/ registers[$1] += 1 pc += 1 when /dec ([a-d])/ registers[$1] -= 1 pc += 1 when /jnz ([a-d]|\d+) (-?\d+)/ value = registers.fetch($1) { $1.to_i } pc += value.zero? ? 1 : $2.to_i else raise "invalid line: #{line}" end end p registers __END__ cpy 1 a cpy 1 b cpy 26 d jnz c 2 jnz 1 5 cpy 7 c inc d dec c jnz c -2 cpy a c inc a dec b jnz b -2 cpy c b dec d jnz d -6 cpy 16 c cpy 17 d inc a dec d jnz d -2 dec c jnz c -5