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adventofcode/2024/gareth/day11/day11.go
2025-01-13 23:48:55 +00:00

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package day11
import (
"strconv"
"strings"
)
func Part1(input string) int {
stones := ParseInput(input)
return len(blinkTimes(stones, 25))
}
func Part2(input string) int {
stones := ParseInput(input)
return getNumStones(stones, 75)
}
func ParseInput(input string) []int {
strStones := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(input), " ")
stones := make([]int, 0, len(strStones))
for _, s := range strStones {
num, _ := strconv.Atoi(s)
stones = append(stones, num)
}
return stones
}
// Part 1 initial thought of recursion
func blinkTimes(stones []int, times int) []int {
if times <= 0 {
return stones
}
result := blink(stones)
return blinkTimes(result, times-1)
}
func blink(stones []int) []int {
result := make([]int, 0)
for _, stone := range stones {
strStone := strconv.Itoa(stone)
if stone == 0 {
result = append(result, 1)
} else if len(strStone)%2 == 0 {
mid := len(strStone) / 2
firstHalf, _ := strconv.Atoi(strStone[:mid])
secondHalf, _ := strconv.Atoi(strStone[mid:])
result = append(result, firstHalf, secondHalf)
} else {
result = append(result, stone*2024)
}
}
return result
}
// Part 2 with maps since blinkTimes(75) would set my computer on fire
func getNumStones(s []int, times int) int {
stoneMap := make(map[int]int)
for _, stone := range s {
stoneMap[stone] = stoneMap[stone] + 1
}
for i := 0; i < times; i++ {
stoneMap2 := make(map[int]int)
for stone, count := range stoneMap {
stones := make([]int, 0)
strStone := strconv.Itoa(stone)
if stone == 0 {
stones = append(stones, 1)
} else if len(strStone)%2 == 0 {
mid := len(strStone) / 2
firstHalf, _ := strconv.Atoi(strStone[:mid])
secondHalf, _ := strconv.Atoi(strStone[mid:])
stones = append(stones, firstHalf, secondHalf)
} else {
stones = append(stones, stone*2024)
}
for _, newStone := range stones {
stoneMap2[newStone] = stoneMap2[newStone] + count
}
}
stoneMap = stoneMap2
}
result := 0
for _, count := range stoneMap {
result += count
}
return result
}