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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Rust

I had a hunch about part two that didn't pay off, so I over-coded this instead of just using an array of arrays.

use std::{fs, str::FromStr};

use color_eyre::eyre::{Report, Result};

#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
enum Direction {
    N,
    NE,
    E,
    SE,
    S,
    SW,
    W,
    NW,
}

impl Direction {
    fn all() -> &'static [Direction] {
        &[
            Direction::N,
            Direction::NE,
            Direction::E,
            Direction::SE,
            Direction::S,
            Direction::SW,
            Direction::W,
            Direction::NW,
        ]
    }
}

#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
struct WordSearch {
    grid: Vec<char>,
    width: usize,
    height: usize,
}

impl FromStr for WordSearch {
    type Err = Report;

    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
        let grid: Vec<_> = s.chars().filter(|&ch| ch != '\n').collect();
        let width = s
            .chars()
            .position(|ch| ch == '\n')
            .ok_or_else(|| Report::msg("grid width cannot be zero, or one line"))?;
        let height = grid.len() / width;
        Ok(Self {
            grid,
            width,
            height,
        })
    }
}

impl WordSearch {
    fn neighbour(&self, i: usize, dir: Direction) -> Option<usize> {
        let width = self.width;
        let length = self.grid.len();
        use Direction::*;
        match dir {
            N if i >= width => Some(i - width),
            NE if i >= width && i % width != width - 1 => Some(i - width + 1),
            E if i % width != width - 1 => Some(i + 1),
            SE if i + width + 1 < length && i % width != width - 1 => Some(i + width + 1),
            S if i + width < length => Some(i + width),
            SW if i + width - 1 < length && i % width != 0 => Some(i + width - 1),
            W if i % width != 0 => Some(i - 1),
            NW if i >= width && i % width != 0 => Some(i - width - 1),
            _ => None,
        }
    }

    fn word_count(&self, word: &str) -> Result<usize> {
        let mut found = 0;
        for i in 0..self.grid.len() {
            for dir in Direction::all() {
                if self.word_present(word, i, *dir) {
                    found += 1;
                }
            }
        }
        Ok(found)
    }

    fn x_count(&self) -> Result<usize> {
        let mut found = 0;
        for i in 0..self.grid.len() {
            if self.x_present(i) {
                found += 1;
            }
        }
        Ok(found)
    }

    fn word_present(&self, word: &str, location: usize, dir: Direction) -> bool {
        let mut next = Some(location);
        for ch in word.chars() {
            let i = if let Some(i) = next {
                i
            } else {
                // Off the edge
                return false;
            };

            if self.grid[i] != ch {
                return false;
            }
            next = self.neighbour(i, dir);
        }
        true
    }

    fn x_present(&self, location: usize) -> bool {
        if self.grid.get(location) != Some(&'A') {
            return false;
        }
        let diags = [
            (Direction::NE, Direction::SW),
            (Direction::NW, Direction::SE),
        ];
        diags.iter().all(|(dir_a, dir_b)| {
            let Some(a_idx) = self.neighbour(location, *dir_a) else {
                return false;
            };
            let Some(b_idx) = self.neighbour(location, *dir_b) else {
                return false;
            };
            let a = self.grid[a_idx];
            let b = self.grid[b_idx];
            (a == 'M' && b == 'S') || (b == 'M' && a == 'S')
        })
    }
}

fn part1(filepath: &str) -> Result<usize> {
    let input = fs::read_to_string(filepath)?;
    let grid = WordSearch::from_str(&input)?;
    grid.word_count("XMAS")
}

fn part2(filepath: &str) -> Result<usize> {
    let input = fs::read_to_string(filepath)?;
    let grid = WordSearch::from_str(&input)?;
    grid.x_count()
}

fn main() -> Result<()> {
    color_eyre::install()?;

    println!("Part 1: {}", part1("d04/input.txt")?);
    println!("Part 2: {}", part2("d04/input.txt")?);
    Ok(())
}