package main import ( "flag" "fmt" "sort" "strings" "github.com/alexchao26/advent-of-code-go/algos" "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) if part == 1 { ans := part1(util.ReadFile("./input.txt")) fmt.Println("Output:", ans) } else { ans := part2(util.ReadFile("./input.txt")) fmt.Println("Output:", ans) } } func part1(input string) int { rooms := parseInput(input) rooms = getValidRooms(rooms) var sum int for _, rm := range rooms { sum += rm.sectorID } return sum } func part2(input string) int { rooms := getValidRooms(parseInput(input)) for _, rm := range rooms { for i := 0; i < rm.sectorID; i++ { // rotate each character forward for i, part := range rm.nameParts { rm.nameParts[i] = algos.CaesarShift(part, rm.sectorID) } // printed all new name parts and searched for "north" to find what the goal text was if rm.nameParts[0] == "northpole" && rm.nameParts[1] == "object" && rm.nameParts[2] == "storage" { return rm.sectorID } } } panic("loop should have returned sectorID") } type room struct { nameParts []string sectorID int checksum string } func parseInput(input string) (ans []room) { for _, line := range strings.Split(input, "\n") { r := room{} parts := strings.Split(line, "-") r.nameParts = parts[:len(parts)-1] fmt.Sscanf(parts[len(parts)-1], "%d[%5s]", &r.sectorID, &r.checksum) ans = append(ans, r) } return ans } func getValidRooms(rooms []room) []room { var validRooms []room for _, rm := range rooms { countChars := map[string]int{} for _, part := range rm.nameParts { for _, char := range part { countChars[string(char)]++ } } var allCounts []int for _, v := range countChars { allCounts = append(allCounts, v) } // sort in reverse order so five highest are at the front sort.Sort(sort.Reverse((sort.IntSlice(allCounts)))) isValid := true var counts []int for i, char := range rm.checksum { counts = append(counts, countChars[string(char)]) // compare to five highest if counts[i] != allCounts[i] { isValid = false } // tie break equal counts if i != 0 { if counts[i-1] < counts[i] || (counts[i-1] == counts[i] && string(rm.checksum[i-1]) > string(char)) { isValid = false } } } if isValid { validRooms = append(validRooms, rm) } } return validRooms }