Rust

For the first time, I can post my solution, because I actually solved it on the day :D Probably not the cleanest or optimal solution, but it does solve the problem.

Very long, looking forward to someone solving it in 5 lines of unicode :D

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {

    fn get_frequences(input: &str) -> Vec<char> {
        let mut freq = vec![];
        for char in input.chars() {
            if char == '.' {
                continue;
            }
            if !freq.contains(&char) {
                freq.push(char);
            }
        }
        freq
    }

    fn find_antennas(board: &Vec<Vec<char>>, freq: char) -> Vec<(isize, isize)> {
        let mut antennas = vec![];
        for (i, line) in board.iter().enumerate() {
            for (j, char) in line.iter().enumerate() {
                if *char == freq {
                    antennas.push((i as isize, j as isize));
                }
            }
        }
        antennas
    }

    fn calc_antinodes(first: &(isize, isize), second: &(isize, isize)) -> Vec<(isize, isize)> {
        let deltax = second.0 - first.0;
        let deltay = second.1 - first.1;

        if deltax == 0 && deltay == 0 {
            return vec![];
        }

        vec![
            (first.0 - deltax, first.1 - deltay),
            (second.0 + deltax, second.1 + deltay),
        ]
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_calc_antinodes() {
        let expected = vec![(0, -1), (0, 2)];
        let actual = calc_antinodes(&(0, 0), &(0, 1));
        for i in &expected {
            assert!(actual.contains(i));
        }
        let actual = calc_antinodes(&(0, 1), &(0, 0));
        for i in &expected {
            assert!(actual.contains(i));
        }
    }

    fn calc_all_antinodes(board: &Vec<Vec<char>>, freq: char) -> Vec<(isize, isize)> {
        let antennas = find_antennas(&board, freq);

        let mut antinodes = vec![];

        for (i, first) in antennas.iter().enumerate() {
            for second in antennas[i..].iter() {
                antinodes.extend(calc_antinodes(first, second));
            }
        }

        antinodes
    }

    fn prune_nodes(
        nodes: &Vec<(isize, isize)>,
        height: isize,
        width: isize,
    ) -> Vec<(isize, isize)> {
        let mut pruned = vec![];
        for node in nodes {
            if pruned.contains(node) {
                continue;
            }
            if node.0 < 0 || node.0 >= height {
                continue;
            }
            if node.1 < 0 || node.1 >= width {
                continue;
            }
            pruned.push(node.clone());
        }
        pruned
    }

    fn print_board(board: &Vec<Vec<char>>, pruned: &Vec<(isize, isize)>) {
        for (i, line) in board.iter().enumerate() {
            for (j, char) in line.iter().enumerate() {
                if pruned.contains(&(i as isize, j as isize)) {
                    print!("#");
                } else {
                    print!("{char}");
                }
            }
            println!();
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn day8_part1_test() {
        let input: String = std::fs::read_to_string("src/input/day_8.txt").unwrap();

        let frequencies = get_frequences(&input);

        let board = input
            .trim()
            .split('\n')
            .map(|line| line.chars().collect::<Vec<char>>())
            .collect::<Vec<Vec<char>>>();

        let mut all_nodes = vec![];
        for freq in frequencies {
            let nodes = calc_all_antinodes(&board, freq);
            all_nodes.extend(nodes);
        }

        let height = board.len() as isize;
        let width = board[0].len() as isize;

        let pruned = prune_nodes(&all_nodes, height, width);

        println!("{:?}", pruned);

        print_board(&board, &pruned);

        println!("{}", pruned.len());

        // 14 in test
    }

    fn calc_antinodes2(first: &(isize, isize), second: &(isize, isize)) -> Vec<(isize, isize)> {
        let deltax = second.0 - first.0;
        let deltay = second.1 - first.1;

        if deltax == 0 && deltay == 0 {
            return vec![];
        }
        let mut nodes = vec![];
        for n in 0..50 {
            nodes.push((first.0 - deltax * n, first.1 - deltay * n));
            nodes.push((second.0 + deltax * n, second.1 + deltay * n));
        }

        nodes
    }

    fn calc_all_antinodes2(board: &Vec<Vec<char>>, freq: char) -> Vec<(isize, isize)> {
        let antennas = find_antennas(&board, freq);

        let mut antinodes = vec![];

        for (i, first) in antennas.iter().enumerate() {
            for second in antennas[i..].iter() {
                antinodes.extend(calc_antinodes2(first, second));
            }
        }

        antinodes
    }

    #[test]
    fn day8_part2_test() {
        let input: String = std::fs::read_to_string("src/input/day_8.txt").unwrap();

        let frequencies = get_frequences(&input);

        let board = input
            .trim()
            .split('\n')
            .map(|line| line.chars().collect::<Vec<char>>())
            .collect::<Vec<Vec<char>>>();

        let mut all_nodes = vec![];
        for freq in frequencies {
            let nodes = calc_all_antinodes2(&board, freq);
            all_nodes.extend(nodes);
        }

        let height = board.len() as isize;
        let width = board[0].len() as isize;

        let pruned = prune_nodes(&all_nodes, height, width);

        println!("{:?}", pruned);

        print_board(&board, &pruned);

        println!("{}", pruned.len());
    }
}