Advent-of-Code-2023/day6/daySix.go

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Go

package day6
import (
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
"strconv"
"strings"
)
func Run() int {
input := ReadInput("day6/input")
result := 1
for _, race := range input {
result *= race.countWinningMoves()
}
log.Printf("input %+v\n", input)
return result
}
type Race struct {
Time, Target int
}
func (r Race) countWinningMoves() int {
// oh and it's simmetrical
leftPad := 0
rightPad := 0
for i := 0; i < (r.Time / 2 + 1); i++ {
if i * (r.Time - i) > r.Target {
leftPad = i
break
}
}
for i := 0; i < (r.Time / 2 + 1); i++ {
time := r.Time - i
if time * (r.Time - time) > r.Target {
rightPad = i
break
}
}
result := r.Time + 1 - leftPad - rightPad
log.Printf("for race %+v got left %d and right %d for total wind %d\n", r, leftPad, rightPad, result)
return result
}
func ReadInput(filename string) []Race {
result := make([]Race, 0)
bytes, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
if err != nil {
panic(fmt.Sprintln("problem readin input : ", filename))
}
text := strings.Split( string(bytes), "\n")
times := strings.Fields(text[0])
distances := strings.Fields(text[1])
for i := 1; i < len(times); i++ {
time, err1 := strconv.Atoi(times[i])
target, err2 := strconv.Atoi(distances[i])
if err1 != nil || err2 != nil {
panic(fmt.Sprintf("error reading race %d from %s %s\n", i, times[i], distances[i]))
}
race := Race{
Time: time,
Target: target,
}
result = append(result, race)
}
return result
}
// my guess is that i can search from start and end into middle and stop when i find solution
// from the way i think derivation of x*y works
// but first - read in the input. with strings.Fields should be easy