Day 14: Restroom Redoubt

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  • hades@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    C#

    using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
    
    namespace aoc24;
    
    [ForDay(14)]
    public partial class Day14 : Solver
    {
      [GeneratedRegex(@"^p=(-?\d+),(-?\d+) v=(-?\d+),(-?\d+)$")]
      private static partial Regex LineRe();
    
      private List<(int X, int Y, int Vx, int Vy)> robots = [];
    
      private int width = 101, height = 103;
    
      public void Presolve(string input) {
        var data = input.Trim();
        foreach (var line in data.Split("\n")) {
          if (LineRe().Match(line) is not { Success: true } match ) {
            throw new InvalidDataException($"parse error: ${line}");
          }
          robots.Add((
            int.Parse(match.Groups[1].Value),
            int.Parse(match.Groups[2].Value),
            int.Parse(match.Groups[3].Value),
            int.Parse(match.Groups[4].Value)
            ));
        }
      }
    
      public string SolveFirst() {
        Dictionary<(bool, bool), int> quadrants = [];
        foreach (var robot in robots) {
          int x = (robot.X + 100 * (robot.Vx > 0 ? robot.Vx : robot.Vx + width)) % width;
          int y = (robot.Y + 100 * (robot.Vy > 0 ? robot.Vy : robot.Vy + height)) % height;
          if (x == width/2 || y == height/2) continue;
          var q = (x < width / 2, y < height / 2);
          quadrants[q] = quadrants.GetValueOrDefault(q, 0) + 1;
        }
        return quadrants.Values.Aggregate((a, b) => a * b).ToString();
      }
    
      private int CountAdjacentRobots(HashSet<(int, int)> all_robots, (int, int) this_robot) {
        var (x, y) = this_robot;
        int count = 0;
        for (int ax = x - 1; all_robots.Contains((ax, y)); ax--) count++;
        for (int ax = x + 1; all_robots.Contains((ax, y)); ax++) count++;
        for (int ay = y - 1; all_robots.Contains((x, ay)); ay--) count++;
        for (int ay = y + 1; all_robots.Contains((x, ay)); ay++) count++;
        return count;
      }
    
      public string SolveSecond() {
        for (int i = 0; i < int.MaxValue; ++i) {
          HashSet<(int, int)> end_positions = [];
          foreach (var robot in robots) {
            int x = (robot.X + i * (robot.Vx > 0 ? robot.Vx : robot.Vx + width)) % width;
            int y = (robot.Y + i * (robot.Vy > 0 ? robot.Vy : robot.Vy + height)) % height;
            end_positions.Add((x, y));
          }
          if (end_positions.Select(r => CountAdjacentRobots(end_positions, r)).Max() > 10) {
            return i.ToString();
          }
        }
        throw new ArgumentException();
      }
    }