started to work through errors

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "files.associations": {
+        "iostream": "cpp",
+        "*.tcc": "cpp"
+    }
+}

2/input.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+64 63 64 66 66
+51 49 50 53 59
+86 87 88 90 92 93 93 90
+3 5 8 8 10 14
+20 23 25 25 25
 81 83 84 85 87
 87 90 92 95 96 93
 12 15 16 17 17
@@ -9,9 +14,6 @@
 60 63 65 63 65 69
 70 73 76 79 77 78 84
 25 27 29 32 35 35 36
-86 87 88 90 92 93 93 90
-20 23 25 25 25
-3 5 8 8 10 14
 3 4 7 9 12 12 14 20
 72 75 79 80 82
 5 7 11 14 15 18 15
@@ -25,9 +27,7 @@
 13 16 17 24 26 28 34
 16 14 17 20 21 23 26 28
 30 28 30 32 34 36 33
-64 63 64 66 66
 27 25 27 29 31 34 38
-51 49 50 53 59
 20 18 19 22 20 22 25 28
 25 23 24 26 28 25 22
 11 10 11 8 9 10 10

2/puzzle2p2.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ int main(){
     string line;
     int safeReports = 0;
     stringstream wholeDoc;
+    int linesReadFromFile= 0;
 
     ifstream puzzle("input.txt", ifstream::in);
 
@@ -30,9 +31,9 @@ int main(){
                 int number = stoi(numberString);
                 currentLevels.push_back(number);
             }
+            linesReadFromFile++;
 
             list<int> currentLevelsBackup = currentLevels;
-            int numOfLevelsInLine = currentLevels.size();
             int numOfLevelsProcessed = 0;
             auto curListIt = currentLevels.begin();
             curListIt++; //point to second item in list
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@ int main(){
                     levelStaysSame.push_front(index);
                 }
             }
-            float averageChange = totalChange/(currentLevels.size()-1); //we use average change to smooth out the data
 
             if (totalChange>0){
                 dir= UP;
@@ -76,9 +76,32 @@ int main(){
                 dir = DOWN;
             }
 
-            if (dir==UP&&levelGoDown.size()>2){ //if the overall direction goes up and more then 2 leves go down the list is bad 
+            if(dir==UP&&changeFromPrevLevel.front()<0){
+                currentLevels.erase(currentLevels.begin());
+                levelGoDown.pop_front();
+                listDirty=true;
+            }
+
+            if (dir==UP&&levelGoDown.size()>1){ //if the overall direction goes up and more then 1 level go down the list is bad 
                 currentLevels.clear();
-            } else if (dir==DOWN&&levelGoesUp.size()>2){ //same as above but opiosite dirrection 
+            } else if (dir==DOWN&&levelGoesUp.size()>1){ //same as above but opiosite dirrection 
+                currentLevels.clear();
+            }
+
+            if (levelStaysSame.size()>1||(listDirty&&levelStaysSame.size()==0)){ //cant have more then 1 number the same or the list is bad 
+                currentLevels.clear();
+            }
+
+            if (!currentLevels.empty()&&levelStaysSame.size()==1){
+                auto itNumberToDelete = currentLevels.begin();
+                advance(itNumberToDelete,levelStaysSame.front());
+                currentLevels.erase(itNumberToDelete);
+                listDirty = true;
+            }
+
+            if(listDirty&&dir==DOWN&&levelGoesUp.size()>0){
+                currentLevels.clear();
+            } else if(listDirty&&dir==UP&&levelGoDown.size()>0){
                 currentLevels.clear();
             }
 
@@ -95,15 +118,15 @@ int main(){
                     listDirty=true;
                 }
 
+                int numOfLevelsInLine = currentLevels.size();
+            
                 //need to pull the first one to have something to compare to
                 int prevlevel = currentLevels.front();
                 currentLevels.pop_front();
+                numOfLevelsProcessed++;
 
                 for (int level = currentLevels.front(); !currentLevels.empty();level=currentLevels.front()){
                     if (abs(prevlevel-level)>3) {currentLevels.clear();break;}
-                    if(prevlevel==level){ currentLevels.clear();break;}
-                    if(dir==UP&&(prevlevel<currentLevels.front())) {currentLevels.clear();break;}
-                    if(dir==DOWN&&(prevlevel>currentLevels.front())) {currentLevels.clear();break;}
                     
                     prevlevel=currentLevels.front();
                     currentLevels.pop_front();
@@ -116,6 +139,7 @@ int main(){
 
             }
         }
-cout << safeReports;
+cout <<"lines read in: " << linesReadFromFile<<"\n";
+cout <<"safe Reports: " << safeReports;
 puzzle.close();
 }