this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
26 points (96.4% liked)

Advent Of Code

982 readers
61 users here now

An unofficial home for the advent of code community on programming.dev!

Advent of Code is an annual Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like.

AoC 2024

Solution Threads

M T W T F S S
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25

Rules/Guidelines

Relevant Communities

Relevant Links

Credits

Icon base by Lorc under CC BY 3.0 with modifications to add a gradient

console.log('Hello World')

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Day 6: Guard Gallivant

Megathread guidelines

  • Keep top level comments as only solutions, if you want to say something other than a solution put it in a new post. (replies to comments can be whatever)
  • You can send code in code blocks by using three backticks, the code, and then three backticks or use something such as https://topaz.github.io/paste/ if you prefer sending it through a URL

FAQ

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Lisp

Brute forced part 2, but got a lot of reuse from part 1.

Part 1 and 2


(defvar *part1* "inputs/day06-part1")
(defvar *part1-test* "inputs/day06-part1-test")

(defstruct move x y direction)

(defstruct guard direction x y (moves (make-hash-table :test 'equalp)))

(defun convert-direction (g)
  (case g
    (^ 'up)
    (> 'right)
    (< 'left)
    (v 'down)))


(defun find-guard (map)
  (destructuring-bind (rows cols) (array-dimensions map)
    (loop for j from 0 below rows
          do (loop for i from 0 below cols
                   for v = (aref  map j i)
                   when (not (or (eql '|.| v) (eql '|#| v)))
                     do (return-from find-guard (make-guard :direction (convert-direction v) :x i :y j ))))))

(defun turn-guard (guard)
  (case (guard-direction guard)
    (UP (setf (guard-direction guard) 'RIGHT))
    (DOWN (setf (guard-direction guard) 'LEFT))
    (LEFT (setf (guard-direction guard) 'UP))
    (RIGHT (setf (guard-direction guard) 'DOWN))))

(defun on-map (map x y)
  (destructuring-bind (rows cols) (array-dimensions map)
    (and (>= x 0) (>= y 0)
         (< y rows) (< x cols))))

(defun mark-guard (map guard)
  (setf (aref map (guard-y guard) (guard-x guard)) 'X))

(defun next-pos (guard)
  (case (guard-direction guard)
    (UP (list (guard-x guard) (1- (guard-y guard))))
    (DOWN (list (guard-x guard) (1+ (guard-y guard))))
    (LEFT (list (1- (guard-x guard)) (guard-y guard)))
    (RIGHT (list (1+ (guard-x guard)) (guard-y guard)))))

(defun move-guard (map guard)
  (destructuring-bind (x y) (next-pos guard)
    (if (on-map map x y)
        (if (eql '|#| (aref map y x))
            (turn-guard guard)
            (progn (setf (guard-x guard) x)
                   (setf (guard-y guard) y))) 
        (setf (guard-direction guard) nil))))

(defun run-p1 (file) 
  (let* ((map (list-to-2d-array (read-file file #'to-symbols)))
         (guard (find-guard map)))
    (mark-guard map guard)
    (loop while (guard-direction guard)
          do (mark-guard map guard)
          do (move-guard map guard))
    (destructuring-bind (rows cols) (array-dimensions map)
      (loop for y from 0 below rows sum (loop for x from 0 below cols count (eql (aref map y x) 'X))))))

(defun save-move (guard move)
  (setf (gethash move (guard-moves guard)) t))

(defun reset-moves (guard)
  (setf (guard-moves guard) nil))

(defun is-loop (x y map original-guard)
  ;; can only set new blocks in blank spaces
  (unless (eql '|.| (aref map y x)) (return-from is-loop nil))
  (let ((guard (copy-guard original-guard)))
    ;; save the initial guard position
    (save-move guard (make-move :x (guard-x guard) :y (guard-y guard) :direction (guard-direction guard)))
    ;; set the "new" block
    (setf (aref map y x) '|#|)
    ;; loop and check for guard loops
    (let ((result
            (loop
              while (move-guard map guard)
              for move = (make-move :x (guard-x guard) :y (guard-y guard) :direction (guard-direction guard))
              ;; if we have seen the move before, then it is a loop
              if (gethash move (guard-moves guard))
                return t
              else
                do (save-move guard move)
              finally
                 (return nil))))

      ;; reset initial position
      (setf (aref map y x) '|.|)
      (clrhash (guard-moves guard))
      result)))


(defun run-p2 (file) 
  (let* ((map (list-to-2d-array (read-file file #'to-symbols)))
         (guard (find-guard map)))
    
    (destructuring-bind (rows cols) (array-dimensions map)
      (loop for y from 0 below rows
            sum (loop for x from 0 below cols
                      count (is-loop x y map guard)))
      )))