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//! Advent of Code 2023 Day 16: <https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/16>
//!
//! Today's challenge wasn't very difficult conceptually, but was fairly
//! challenging to implement. I originally implemented a recursive solution
//! but it was too slow on the actual puzzle input (it recursed on each
//! individual tile) so I switched to a queuing implementation. It's not super
//! fast for the second part (where we need to try all of the possible starting
//! points and directions) but it's not so slow that it should be thrown away.
use std::collections::{BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
/// The solution for the day sixteen challenge.
///
/// As usual we take the input as a string and an integer to determine the
/// part. We start by parsing the input into a [`std::collections::HashMap`]
/// grid. Then for part one we only have a single starting point so we can
/// return the result immediately from the solver function. For part two we
/// instead keep track of the energized tiles from each starting point and
/// direction in a [`std::collections::BinaryHeap`] and then simply return the
/// largest one by popping it after we've tried all of the combinations.
///
/// # Example
/// ```rust
/// # use aoc::y23d16::y23d16;
/// // probably read this from the input file...
/// let input = concat!(
/// "......|...\\..\\...\n",
/// "..../........|...\n",
/// "....\\.-.../......\n",
/// "......|....../...\n",
/// ".................",
/// );
/// assert_eq!(y23d16(input, 1), 41);
/// assert_eq!(y23d16(input, 2), 41);
/// ```
pub fn y23d16(input: &str, part: u32) -> u32 {
let mut grid = HashMap::new();
let lines: Vec<_> = input.lines().collect();
let rows = lines.len();
let mut heap = BinaryHeap::new();
let mut cols = 0;
for (y, line) in lines.iter().enumerate() {
for (x, c) in line.chars().enumerate() {
if y == 0 {
cols = x;
}
grid.insert((x, y), c);
}
}
cols += 1;
if part == 1 {
return send_light((0, 0), 'R', &grid, rows, cols);
}
for x in 0..cols {
heap.push(send_light((x, 0), 'D', &grid, rows, cols));
heap.push(send_light((x, rows - 1), 'U', &grid, rows, cols));
}
for y in 0..rows {
heap.push(send_light((0, y), 'R', &grid, rows, cols));
heap.push(send_light((cols - 1, y), 'L', &grid, rows, cols));
}
heap.pop().unwrap()
}
/// This function is responsible for actually calculating the energized tiles
/// given a starting point and direction and the grid and details. It works by
/// using a [`std::collections::VecDeque`] to keep track of the tiles that it
/// still needs to visit while maintaining a [`std::collections::HashSet`] of
/// energized tiles and a vector of tiles that it has already visited (in order
/// to avoid infinite loops).
fn send_light(
start: (usize, usize),
direction: char,
grid: &HashMap<(usize, usize), char>,
rows: usize,
cols: usize,
) -> u32 {
let mut energized = HashSet::new();
let mut queue = VecDeque::new();
let mut visited = Vec::new();
queue.push_back((start, direction));
loop {
match queue.pop_front() {
None => break,
Some(((x, y), direction)) => {
let tile = grid.get(&(x, y)).unwrap();
energized.insert((x, y));
if x < cols - 1
&& !visited.contains(&((x + 1, y), 'R'))
&& ((direction == 'R' && (*tile == '.' || *tile == '-'))
|| (direction == 'U' && (*tile == '/' || *tile == '-'))
|| (direction == 'D'
&& (*tile == '\\' || *tile == '-')))
{
queue.push_back(((x + 1, y), 'R'));
visited.push(((x + 1, y), 'R'));
}
if y > 0
&& !visited.contains(&((x, y - 1), 'U'))
&& ((direction == 'U' && (*tile == '.' || *tile == '|'))
|| (direction == 'R' && (*tile == '/' || *tile == '|'))
|| (direction == 'L'
&& (*tile == '\\' || *tile == '|')))
{
queue.push_back(((x, y - 1), 'U'));
visited.push(((x, y - 1), 'U'));
}
if x > 0
&& !visited.contains(&((x - 1, y), 'L'))
&& ((direction == 'L' && (*tile == '.' || *tile == '-'))
|| (direction == 'U'
&& (*tile == '\\' || *tile == '-'))
|| (direction == 'D' && (*tile == '/' || *tile == '-')))
{
queue.push_back(((x - 1, y), 'L'));
visited.push(((x - 1, y), 'L'));
}
if y < rows - 1
&& !visited.contains(&((x, y + 1), 'D'))
&& ((direction == 'D' && (*tile == '.' || *tile == '|'))
|| (direction == 'R'
&& (*tile == '\\' || *tile == '|'))
|| (direction == 'L' && (*tile == '/' || *tile == '|')))
{
queue.push_back(((x, y + 1), 'D'));
visited.push(((x, y + 1), 'D'));
}
}
}
}
energized.len().try_into().unwrap()
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use std::fs;
#[test]
fn test_send_light() {
// .|..-\.
// /......
// .-..|..
// \.../\/
let grid = HashMap::from([
((0, 0), '.'),
((1, 0), '|'),
((2, 0), '.'),
((3, 0), '.'),
((4, 0), '-'),
((5, 0), '\\'),
((6, 0), '.'),
((0, 1), '/'),
((1, 1), '.'),
((2, 1), '.'),
((3, 1), '.'),
((4, 1), '.'),
((5, 1), '.'),
((6, 1), '.'),
((0, 2), '.'),
((1, 2), '-'),
((2, 2), '.'),
((3, 2), '.'),
((4, 2), '|'),
((5, 2), '.'),
((6, 2), '.'),
((0, 3), '\\'),
((1, 3), '.'),
((2, 3), '.'),
((3, 3), '.'),
((4, 3), '/'),
((5, 3), '\\'),
((6, 3), '/'),
]);
assert_eq!(send_light((0, 0), 'R', &grid, 4, 7), 28);
}
#[test]
fn it_works() {
let input = concat!(
".|...\\....\n",
"|.-.\\.....\n",
".....|-...\n",
"........|.\n",
"..........\n",
".........\\\n",
"..../.\\\\..\n",
".-.-/..|..\n",
".|....-|.\\\n",
"..//.|....\n",
);
assert_eq!(y23d16(input, 1), 46);
assert_eq!(y23d16(input, 2), 51);
}
#[test]
#[ignore]
fn the_solution() {
let contents = fs::read_to_string("input/2023/day16.txt").unwrap();
assert_eq!(y23d16(&contents, 1), 7236);
assert_eq!(y23d16(&contents, 2), 7521);
}
}