package main import ( "flag" "fmt" "math/rand" "sort" "strings" "time" "github.com/alexchao26/advent-of-code-go/cast" "github.com/alexchao26/advent-of-code-go/util" ) func main() { var part int flag.IntVar(&part, "part", 1, "part 1 or 2") flag.Parse() fmt.Println("Running part", part) var ans int if part == 1 { ans = part1(util.ReadFile("./input.txt")) } else { ans = part2(util.ReadFile("./input.txt")) } fmt.Println("Output:", ans) } func part1(input string) int { graph, starting := parseInput(input) possibles := map[string]bool{} for i, mol := range starting { if products, ok := graph[mol]; ok { for _, p := range products { starting[i] = p possibles[strings.Join(starting, "")] = true } } // reset starting[i] = mol } return len(possibles) } func parseInput(input string) (graph map[string][]string, startingMaterial []string) { blocks := strings.Split(input, "\n\n") startingMaterial = splitMolecules(blocks[1]) graph = map[string][]string{} for _, l := range strings.Split(blocks[0], "\n") { parts := strings.Split(l, " => ") graph[parts[0]] = append(graph[parts[0]], parts[1]) } return graph, startingMaterial } func splitMolecules(input string) []string { var molecules []string for _, char := range input { code := cast.ToASCIICode(char) if code >= cast.ASCIICodeCapA && code <= cast.ASCIICodeCapZ { molecules = append(molecules, string(char)) } else { molecules[len(molecules)-1] += string(char) } } return molecules } // This makes some very large assumptions about the answer, but it all revolves // around the fact that there is only one solution for the given input. // It also assumes that some products need to be replaced by their reactants // in a particular order, and when those replacements are made, ALL instances // of that product can be replaced by its reactant // // I should learn CYK... // Other things I tried initially were A* starting from 'e', A* from the final // molecule, but the space was huge. func part2(input string) int { reverseGraph, startingMols := parseInput(input) // reverse the graph so it's products to reactants productToReactant := map[string]string{} for react, products := range reverseGraph { for _, p := range products { if _, ok := productToReactant[p]; ok { panic("dup found") } productToReactant[p] = react } } // slice of all products to have an order of which products to replace var allProducts []string for prod := range productToReactant { allProducts = append(allProducts, prod) } start := strings.Join(startingMols, "") mol := start var steps int for mol != "e" { var changeMade bool for _, prod := range allProducts { count := strings.Count(mol, prod) if count <= 0 { continue } changeMade = true steps += count mol = strings.ReplaceAll(mol, prod, productToReactant[prod]) // break out to restart from the beginning of allProducts slice break } // if no change was made, then this ordering of allProducts will not // resolve in an electron, shuffle and reset mol and steps if !changeMade { allProducts = shuffleSlice(allProducts) mol = start steps = 0 } } return steps } var rn = rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano())) func shuffleSlice(in []string) []string { // shuffle slice, lazy sorting method sort.Slice(in, func(i, j int) bool { return rn.Intn(2) == 1 }) return in }