package main import ( "flag" "fmt" "strings" "github.com/alexchao26/advent-of-code-go/mathy" "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) } // leaderboard: 537 func part1(input string) int { deck1, deck2 := parseInput(input) for !(len(deck1) == 0 || len(deck2) == 0) { top1, top2 := deck1[0], deck2[0] if top1 > top2 { deck1 = append(deck1, top1, top2) } else { deck2 = append(deck2, top2, top1) } deck1 = deck1[1:] deck2 = deck2[1:] } winningDeck := append(deck1, deck2...) var sumOfProducts int multiplier := 1 for i := len(winningDeck) - 1; i >= 0; i-- { sumOfProducts += multiplier * winningDeck[i] multiplier++ } return sumOfProducts } func part2(input string) int { deck1, deck2 := parseInput(input) winningScore, _ := recursiveGame(deck1, deck2, true) return winningScore } // leaderboard: 997 func recursiveGame(deck1, deck2 []int, isMainGame bool) (finalScore int, player1Wins bool) { // after the fact optimization from: https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/khyjgv/2020_day_22_solutions/ggpcsnd // reduces part2 time from ~30s to <0.5s // IF player 1 has the largest present card AND the card's value is greater // than the largest number of cards that a subgame could contain (lengths - 2) // THEN a subgame will never start when player1's top card is that max card, // and player 1 can never lose that card, so at some point, a pattern will // repeat which leads to player 1 winning if !isMainGame { max1, max2 := mathy.MaxInt(deck1...), mathy.MaxInt(deck2...) if max1 > max2 && max1 >= len(deck1)+len(deck2)-2 { return 0, true } } previousHands1 := map[string]bool{} previousHands2 := map[string]bool{} for !(len(deck1) == 0 || len(deck2) == 0) { top1, top2 := deck1[0], deck2[0] if previousHands1[fmt.Sprintf("%v", deck1)] || previousHands2[fmt.Sprintf("%v", deck2)] { player1Wins = true } else { previousHands1[fmt.Sprintf("%v", deck1)] = true previousHands2[fmt.Sprintf("%v", deck2)] = true // if not enough cards in either deck, just compare cards if top1 > len(deck1)-1 || top2 > len(deck2)-1 { player1Wins = top1 > top2 } else { // otherwise recurse _, player1Wins = recursiveGame(append([]int{}, deck1[1:top1+1]...), append([]int{}, deck2[1:top2+1]...), false) } } if player1Wins { deck1 = append(deck1, top1, top2) } else { deck2 = append(deck2, top2, top1) } deck1 = deck1[1:] deck2 = deck2[1:] } if !isMainGame { // player1Wins boolean is equivalent to if their deck does not have zero cards return 0, len(deck1) != 0 } winningDeck := append(deck1, deck2...) var sumOfProducts int multiplier := 1 for i := len(winningDeck) - 1; i >= 0; i-- { sumOfProducts += multiplier * winningDeck[i] multiplier++ } return sumOfProducts, false // 997 } func parseInput(input string) ([]int, []int) { players := strings.Split(input, "\n\n") var deck1, deck2 []int for _, l := range strings.Split(players[0], "\n")[1:] { deck1 = append(deck1, cast.ToInt(l)) } for _, l := range strings.Split(players[1], "\n")[1:] { deck2 = append(deck2, cast.ToInt(l)) } return deck1, deck2 }