day 24 hurts my brain, thanks reddit

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from dataclasses import dataclass
from typing import Self
@dataclass
class TrieNode:
char: str
is_terminator: bool
children: dict[str, Self]
def day19(input: str, part: int) -> int:
# trie data structure works nicely... but is it necessary for part 2...
input_lines = input.splitlines()
root = TrieNode("", False, {})
for towel in input_lines[0].split(", "):
iter = root
for i, char in enumerate(towel):
if char not in iter.children:
iter.children[char] = TrieNode(char, i == len(towel) - 1, {})
iter = iter.children[char]
# update for matching towels that are smaller than a pervious one
# e.g. "towel" then "tow" needs to update the "w" node
iter.is_terminator |= i == len(towel) - 1
possible_towels: int = 0
total: int = 0
memo: dict[str, int] = {}
for maybe_towel in input_lines[2:]:
combos = is_possible_towel(root, maybe_towel, memo)
if combos > 0:
possible_towels += 1
total += combos
if part == 1:
return possible_towels
return total
# memo optimization added for part 2
def is_possible_towel(trie: TrieNode, towel: str, memo: dict[str, int]) -> int:
if towel == "":
return 1
if towel in memo:
return memo[towel]
iter = trie
total: int = 0
for i, char in enumerate(towel):
if char not in iter.children:
break
iter = iter.children[char]
# if iterated to a terminator, we can restart recursively and if that
# "works" (aka returns positive number of possible combos), then we can
# sum the combos and then continue along this for loop to account for
# larger towels that do not end at this index
if iter.is_terminator:
total += is_possible_towel(trie, towel[i + 1 :], memo)
memo[towel] = total
return total
example = """r, wr, b, g, bwu, rb, gb, br
brwrr
bggr
gbbr
rrbgbr
ubwu
bwurrg
brgr
bbrgwb"""
input = open("input.txt").read().strip()
print(f"day19 example: {day19(example, 1)}, want 6")
print(f"day19 actual: {day19(input, 1)}, want 216")
print(f"part2 example: {day19(example ,2)}, want 16")
print(f"part2 actual: {day19(input ,2)}, want 603191454138773")
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from collections import defaultdict
def day20(input: str, cheats: int) -> dict[int, int]:
# get minimum without cheats, do this backwards by propagating from E to S
# to populate a grid of the distance from each cell to E
grid: list[list[str]] = [list(line) for line in input.splitlines()]
row: int = 0
col: int = 0
for r in range(len(grid)):
for c in range(len(grid[0])):
if grid[r][c] == "E":
row = r
col = c
# default value set to 100_000 which is bigger than entire grid's area so
# walls will not be usable as paths to finish
dp_steps_to_end: list[list[int]] = [
[100_000 for _ in range(len(grid[0]))] for _ in range(len(grid))
]
diffs = [(0, 1), (0, -1), (-1, 0), (1, 0)]
queue: list[tuple[int, int, int]] = [(row, col, 0)]
visited: set[tuple[int, int]] = set()
while len(queue) > 0:
row, col, steps = queue.pop(0)
dp_steps_to_end[row][col] = steps
visited.add((row, col))
for diff in diffs:
next_row, next_col = row + diff[0], col + diff[1]
if 0 <= next_row < len(grid) and 0 <= next_col < len(grid[0]):
if grid[next_row][next_col] != "#":
if (next_row, next_col) not in visited:
queue.append((next_row, next_col, steps + 1))
# then starting from S, BFS but from each cell, view all cells <cheats> cells away
# if it's a valid shortcut, record it
second_saved_freqs: dict[int, int] = defaultdict(int)
reachable_diffs = get_reachable_coords_within_x_steps(cheats)
# visited contains coords of the entire path, so just use that...
for path_coord in visited:
r, c = path_coord
for diff in reachable_diffs:
rr = path_coord[0] + diff[0]
cc = path_coord[1] + diff[1]
if 0 <= rr < len(grid) and 0 <= cc < len(grid[0]):
if grid[rr][cc] != "#":
savings = dp_steps_to_end[r][c] - (
dp_steps_to_end[rr][cc] + abs(diff[0]) + abs(diff[1])
)
if savings > 0:
second_saved_freqs[savings] += 1
return second_saved_freqs
# helper function to get all coords that are reachable within allotted cheats
def get_reachable_coords_within_x_steps(x: int) -> list[tuple[int, int]]:
coords_map: dict[tuple[int, int], bool] = {}
queue: list[tuple[int, int]] = [(0, 0)]
for _ in range(x):
next_queue: list[tuple[int, int]] = []
while len(queue) > 0:
front = queue.pop(0)
for diff in [(0, -1), (0, 1), (-1, 0), (1, 0)]:
coord = (front[0] + diff[0], front[1] + diff[1])
if coord not in coords_map:
coords_map[coord] = True
next_queue.append(coord)
queue = next_queue
return list(coords_map.keys())
example = """###############
#...#...#.....#
#.#.#.#.#.###.#
#S#...#.#.#...#
#######.#.#.###
#######.#.#...#
#######.#.###.#
###..E#...#...#
###.#######.###
#...###...#...#
#.#####.#.###.#
#.#...#.#.#...#
#.#.#.#.#.#.###
#...#...#...###
###############"""
# python is weird and we can use == to compare 2 dicts for the same keys and values...
example_seconds_saved_to_freq: dict[int, int] = {
2: 14,
4: 14,
6: 2,
8: 4,
10: 2,
12: 3,
20: 1,
36: 1,
38: 1,
40: 1,
64: 1,
}
part1_example_result = day20(example, 2)
print(
f"part1 example: {part1_example_result == example_seconds_saved_to_freq} want True"
)
if part1_example_result != example_seconds_saved_to_freq:
print(
f"\tDEBUG part1 example got: {part1_example_result} want {(example_seconds_saved_to_freq)}"
)
input = open("input.txt").read().strip()
def sum_keys_over_x(d: dict[int, int], x: int) -> int:
total: int = 0
for k, v in d.items():
if k >= x:
total += v
return total
part1_result = day20(input, 2)
print(
f"part1 actual: {sum_keys_over_x(part1_result, 100)} cheats save 100+ picosecs want 1422"
)
part2_example_result: dict[int, int] = {
50: 32,
52: 31,
54: 29,
56: 39,
58: 25,
60: 23,
62: 20,
64: 19,
66: 12,
68: 14,
70: 12,
72: 22,
74: 4,
76: 3,
}
part2_result = day20(example, 20)
part2_result_50 = {}
for k, v in part2_example_result.items():
if k >= 50:
part2_result_50[k] = v
print(f"part2 example: {part2_result_50 == part2_example_result} want True")
if part2_result_50 != part2_example_result:
print(
f"DEBUG part2 example 50+ saved: {part2_result_50} want {part2_example_result}"
)
part2_result = day20(input, 20)
print(f"part2 actual: {sum_keys_over_x(part2_result, 100)} want 1009299")
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from collections import defaultdict
def day22(input: str, part: int) -> int:
total: int = 0
last_four_diffs_to_price: dict[tuple[int, int, int, int], int] = defaultdict(int)
for line in input.splitlines():
nums: list[int] = [int(line)]
diffs: list[int] = []
seen_last_fours: set[tuple[int, int, int, int]] = set()
for _ in range(2000):
nums.append(get_next_secret_number(nums[-1]))
diff = nums[-1] % 10 - nums[-2] % 10
diffs.append(diff)
total += nums[-1]
for i in range(3, len(diffs)):
last_four_diffs = (diffs[i - 3], diffs[i - 2], diffs[i - 1], diffs[i])
# only count the first time we've seen this set of diffs, aka only sell once
if last_four_diffs in seen_last_fours:
continue
seen_last_fours.add(last_four_diffs)
last_four_diffs_to_price[last_four_diffs] += nums[i + 1] % 10
if part == 1:
return total
most_bananas = max(last_four_diffs_to_price.values())
return most_bananas
def get_next_secret_number(num: int) -> int:
num = (num ^ (num * 64)) % 16777216
num = (num ^ (num // 32)) % 16777216
num = (num ^ (num * 2048)) % 16777216
return num
example = """1
10
100
2024"""
input = open("input.txt").read().strip()
print(f"part1 example: {day22(example, 1)} want 37327623")
print(f"part1 actual: {day22(input, 1)} want 17612566393")
example_part_2 = """1
2
3
2024"""
print(f"part2 example: {day22(example_part_2, 2)} want 23")
print(f"part2 actual: {day22(input, 2)} want 1968")
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from collections import defaultdict
def part1(input: str) -> int:
graph: dict[str, set[str]] = defaultdict(set)
for line in input.splitlines():
parts = line.split("-")
graph[parts[0]].add(parts[1])
graph[parts[1]].add(parts[0])
ans_groups: set[str] = set()
for node in graph:
if node[0] != "t":
continue
neighbors = graph[node]
for neighbor in neighbors:
for neighbor2 in neighbors:
if neighbor == neighbor2:
continue
if neighbor2 in graph[neighbor]:
group: list[str] = [node, neighbor, neighbor2]
group.sort()
ans_groups.add(",".join(group))
return len(ans_groups)
def part2(input: str) -> str:
graph: dict[str, set[str]] = defaultdict(set)
for line in input.splitlines():
parts = line.split("-")
graph[parts[0]].add(parts[1])
graph[parts[1]].add(parts[0])
seen: set[str] = set()
largest_group: set[str] = set()
for node in graph:
if node in seen:
continue
seen.add(node)
group: set[str] = {node}
for neighbor in graph[node]:
if check_group_against_new_node(group, graph, neighbor):
group.add(neighbor)
seen.add(neighbor)
if len(group) > len(largest_group):
largest_group = group
final_group: list[str] = list(largest_group)
final_group.sort()
return ",".join(final_group)
def check_group_against_new_node(
group: set[str], graph: dict[str, set[str]], node_to_add: str
) -> bool:
for node in group:
if node not in graph[node_to_add]:
return False
return True
example = """kh-tc
qp-kh
de-cg
ka-co
yn-aq
qp-ub
cg-tb
vc-aq
tb-ka
wh-tc
yn-cg
kh-ub
ta-co
de-co
tc-td
tb-wq
wh-td
ta-ka
td-qp
aq-cg
wq-ub
ub-vc
de-ta
wq-aq
wq-vc
wh-yn
ka-de
kh-ta
co-tc
wh-qp
tb-vc
td-yn"""
input = open("input.txt").read().strip()
print(f"part1 example: {part1(example)} want 7")
print(f"part1 actual: {part1(input)} want 1485")
print(f"part2 example: {part2(example)} want co,de,ka,ta")
print(f"part2 actual: {part2(input)} want cc,dz,ea,hj,if,it,kf,qo,sk,ug,ut,uv,wh")
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from collections import defaultdict
import copy
def part1(input: str) -> int:
wires, instructions = parse_input(input)
run(instructions, wires)
return get_num(wires, "z")
def parse_input(input: str) -> tuple[dict[str, int], list[list[str]]]:
parts = input.split("\n\n")
wires: dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)
for line in parts[0].splitlines():
wires[line[:3]] = int(line[5:])
instructions: list[list[str]] = []
for line in parts[1].splitlines():
in1, op, in2, _, out = line.split(" ")
instructions.append([in1, op, in2, out])
return (wires, instructions)
def get_num(wires: dict[str, int], char: str) -> int:
if len(char) != 1:
raise Exception("exactly one char needed for get_num")
keys: list[str] = []
for wire in wires:
if wire[0] == char:
keys.append(wire)
keys.sort()
binary_num: str = ""
for key in reversed(keys):
binary_num += str(wires[key])
return int(binary_num, 2)
def run(instructions: list[list[str]], wires: dict[str, int]):
processed_lines: set[int] = set()
while len(processed_lines) < len(instructions):
processed_before: int = len(processed_lines)
for i, inst in enumerate(instructions):
if i in processed_lines:
continue
in1, op, in2, out = inst
if in1 not in wires or in2 not in wires:
continue
if op == "AND":
wires[out] = wires[in1] & wires[in2]
elif op == "OR":
wires[out] = wires[in1] | wires[in2]
elif op == "XOR":
wires[out] = wires[in1] ^ wires[in2]
processed_lines.add(i)
if len(processed_lines) == processed_before:
# print("no new lines processed")
return
# this code is way too slow, works for the examples but unsurprisingly way too
# slow for the actual input. ditching python for a go solution...
def part2(input: str) -> str:
wires, instructions = parse_input(input)
expected_sum: int = get_num(wires, "x") & get_num(wires, "y")
def any_values_are_equal(*args: int) -> bool:
seen: set[int] = set()
for val in args:
if val in seen:
return True
seen.add(val)
return False
# generate swaps... maybe 8 nested for loops...
for a in range(len(instructions)):
print(a)
for b in range(a + 1, len(instructions)):
for c in range(a + 1, len(instructions)):
if any_values_are_equal(b, c):
continue
for d in range(a + 1, len(instructions)):
if any_values_are_equal(b, c, d):
continue
for e in range(a + 1, len(instructions)):
if any_values_are_equal(b, c, d, e):
continue
for f in range(a + 1, len(instructions)):
if any_values_are_equal(b, c, d, e, f):
continue
for g in range(a + 1, len(instructions)):
if any_values_are_equal(b, c, d, e, f, g):
continue
for h in range(a + 1, len(instructions)):
if any_values_are_equal(b, c, d, e, f, g, h):
continue
instructions[a][3], instructions[b][3] = (
instructions[b][3],
instructions[a][3],
)
instructions[c][3], instructions[d][3] = (
instructions[d][3],
instructions[c][3],
)
instructions[e][3], instructions[f][3] = (
instructions[f][3],
instructions[e][3],
)
instructions[g][3], instructions[h][3] = (
instructions[h][3],
instructions[g][3],
)
wires_copy = copy.deepcopy(wires)
run(instructions, wires_copy)
sum = get_num(wires_copy, "z")
if sum == expected_sum:
swaps: list[str] = [
instructions[a][3],
instructions[b][3],
instructions[c][3],
instructions[d][3],
instructions[e][3],
instructions[f][3],
instructions[g][3],
instructions[h][3],
]
swaps.sort()
return ",".join(swaps)
# backtrack
instructions[a][3], instructions[b][3] = (
instructions[b][3],
instructions[a][3],
)
instructions[c][3], instructions[d][3] = (
instructions[d][3],
instructions[c][3],
)
instructions[e][3], instructions[f][3] = (
instructions[f][3],
instructions[e][3],
)
instructions[g][3], instructions[h][3] = (
instructions[h][3],
instructions[g][3],
)
raise Exception("should return from loop")
example = """x00: 1
x01: 1
x02: 1
y00: 0
y01: 1
y02: 0
x00 AND y00 -> z00
x01 XOR y01 -> z01
x02 OR y02 -> z02"""
print(f"part1 example: {part1(example)} want 4")
big_example = """x00: 1
x01: 0
x02: 1
x03: 1
x04: 0
y00: 1
y01: 1
y02: 1
y03: 1
y04: 1
ntg XOR fgs -> mjb
y02 OR x01 -> tnw
kwq OR kpj -> z05
x00 OR x03 -> fst
tgd XOR rvg -> z01
vdt OR tnw -> bfw
bfw AND frj -> z10
ffh OR nrd -> bqk
y00 AND y03 -> djm
y03 OR y00 -> psh
bqk OR frj -> z08
tnw OR fst -> frj
gnj AND tgd -> z11
bfw XOR mjb -> z00
x03 OR x00 -> vdt
gnj AND wpb -> z02
x04 AND y00 -> kjc
djm OR pbm -> qhw
nrd AND vdt -> hwm
kjc AND fst -> rvg
y04 OR y02 -> fgs
y01 AND x02 -> pbm
ntg OR kjc -> kwq
psh XOR fgs -> tgd
qhw XOR tgd -> z09
pbm OR djm -> kpj
x03 XOR y03 -> ffh
x00 XOR y04 -> ntg
bfw OR bqk -> z06
nrd XOR fgs -> wpb
frj XOR qhw -> z04
bqk OR frj -> z07
y03 OR x01 -> nrd
hwm AND bqk -> z03
tgd XOR rvg -> z12
tnw OR pbm -> gnj"""
print(f"part1 big_example: {part1(big_example)} want 2024")
input = open("input.txt").read().strip()
print(f"part1 actual: {part1(input)} want 38869984335432")
part2_example_2_pairs_swapped = """x00: 0
x01: 1
x02: 0
x03: 1
x04: 0
x05: 1
y00: 0
y01: 0
y02: 1
y03: 1
y04: 0
y05: 1
x00 AND y00 -> z05
x01 AND y01 -> z02
x02 AND y02 -> z01
x03 AND y03 -> z03
x04 AND y04 -> z04
x05 AND y05 -> z00"""
# print(
# f"part2 example with two swapped {part2(part2_example_2_pairs_swapped)} want z00,z01,z02,z05"
# )
print(f"part2 actual: {part2(input)} want QQ")
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package main
import (
_ "embed"
"flag"
"fmt"
"log"
"math/rand"
"sort"
"strings"
"github.com/alexchao26/advent-of-code-go/cast"
"github.com/alexchao26/advent-of-code-go/util"
)
//go:embed input.txt
var input string
func init() {
// do this in init (not main) so test file has same input
input = strings.TrimRight(input, "\n")
if len(input) == 0 {
panic("empty input.txt file")
}
}
func main() {
var part int
flag.IntVar(&part, "part", 1, "part 1 or 2")
flag.Parse()
fmt.Println("Running part", part)
if part == 1 {
ans := part1(input)
util.CopyToClipboard(fmt.Sprintf("%v", ans))
fmt.Println("Output:", ans)
} else {
ans := part2(input)
// drg,gvw,jbp,jgc,qjb,z15,z22,z35
util.CopyToClipboard(fmt.Sprintf("%v", ans))
fmt.Println("Output:", ans)
}
}
func part1(input string) int {
calc := parseInput(input)
res := 0
cache := map[string]int{}
for k, v := range calc.wires {
cache[k] = v
}
for k := range calc.outputToSource {
if k[0] != 'z' {
continue
}
val, err := getWireVal(k, calc, cache, 0)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("Did not expect error\n")
}
if val == 0 {
continue
}
i := cast.ToInt(k[1:])
res += 1 << int(i)
}
return res
}
func part2(input string) string {
calc := parseInput(input)
swaps := map[string]bool{}
ans := map[string]bool{}
fmt.Println("this will take a while to run")
backtrack(0, calc, swaps, ans)
wires := []string{}
for wire := range ans {
wires = append(wires, wire)
}
sort.Strings(wires)
return strings.Join(wires, ",")
}
func getWireVal(wire string, calc Calculator, cache map[string]int, depth int) (int, error) {
if val, ok := cache[wire]; ok {
return val, nil
}
if depth > 200 {
return -1, fmt.Errorf("likely a loop, exit")
}
op, ok := calc.outputToSource[wire]
if !ok {
return -1, fmt.Errorf("cannot get value for wire %v", wire)
}
v1, _ := getWireVal(op.inputs[0], calc, cache, depth+1)
v2, _ := getWireVal(op.inputs[1], calc, cache, depth+1)
val := 0
if op.op == "AND" {
val = v1 & v2
} else if op.op == "OR" {
val = v1 | v2
} else if op.op == "XOR" {
val = v1 ^ v2
}
cache[wire] = val
return val, nil
}
func getFirstWrong(calc Calculator) (int, map[string]int, error) {
cRes := map[string]int{}
bRes := 100
for range 10 {
cache := map[string]int{}
carry := 0
for b := range 45 {
xStr := fmt.Sprintf("x%02d", b)
yStr := fmt.Sprintf("y%02d", b)
zStr := fmt.Sprintf("z%02d", b)
cache[xStr] = rand.Intn(2)
cache[yStr] = rand.Intn(2)
x := cache[xStr]
y := cache[yStr]
zCalc, err := getWireVal(zStr, calc, cache, 0)
if err != nil {
return -1, nil, err
}
zExp := (x + y + carry) % 2
carry = (x + y + carry) / 2
if zCalc != zExp && b < bRes {
bRes = b
cRes = cache
break
}
}
}
if bRes == 100 {
bRes = -1
}
return bRes, cRes, nil
}
func checkCalc(calc Calculator) bool {
bErr, _, err := getFirstWrong(calc)
return bErr == -1 && err == nil
}
func backtrack(b int, calc Calculator, swaps map[string]bool, ans map[string]bool) {
if len(ans) > 0 {
return
}
// fmt.Printf("Checking %v with swaps\n%v\n", b, swaps)
if len(swaps) == 8 {
if checkCalc(calc) {
for k := range swaps {
ans[k] = true
}
}
return
}
bErr, conns, err := getFirstWrong(calc)
if bErr < b || err != nil {
return
}
conns2 := map[string]Connections{}
for k, v := range calc.outputToSource {
conns2[k] = v
}
for c1 := range conns {
if swaps[c1] || c1[0] == 'x' || c1[0] == 'y' {
continue
}
for c2 := range conns2 {
if c2 == c1 || swaps[c2] || c2[0] == 'x' || c2[0] == 'y' {
continue
}
calc.outputToSource[c1], calc.outputToSource[c2] = calc.outputToSource[c2], calc.outputToSource[c1]
swaps[c1] = true
swaps[c2] = true
backtrack(bErr+1, calc, swaps, ans)
delete(swaps, c2)
delete(swaps, c1)
calc.outputToSource[c1], calc.outputToSource[c2] = calc.outputToSource[c2], calc.outputToSource[c1]
}
}
}
type Connections struct {
inputs []string
op string
}
type Calculator struct {
outputToSource map[string]Connections
wires map[string]int
}
func parseInput(input string) Calculator {
parts := strings.Split(input, "\n\n")
wires := map[string]int{}
for _, line := range strings.Split(parts[0], "\n") {
wires[line[:3]] = cast.ToInt(line[5:])
}
outputToSource := map[string]Connections{}
for _, line := range strings.Split(parts[1], "\n") {
lineParts := strings.Split(line, " ")
in1, op, in2, out := lineParts[0], lineParts[1], lineParts[2], lineParts[4]
outputToSource[out] = Connections{
inputs: []string{in1, in2},
op: op,
}
}
return Calculator{outputToSource, wires}
}