Advent-of-Code-2023/day21/stepCounter.go

package day21

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

func Run() int {
	fmt.Print("hello day21")
	filename := "day21/input"
	field := ReadField(filename)
	log.Print(field)

	// for i := 6; i <= 10; i++ {
	// 	reachableBySteps := field.ReachableBySteps(i, map[Coord]any{
	// 		Coord{Row: field.RowStart, Col: field.ColStart}: struct{}{},
	// 	})

	// 	log.Print("reachable after steps : ", i, len(reachableBySteps))
	// 	field.PrintCoord(reachableBySteps, 1)
	// }

	// initialSolutions := make(map[int]int)

	// for fullIter := 0; fullIter < 4; fullIter++ {
	// 	steps := 65 + fullIter * 131
	// 	reachableBySteps := field.ReachableBySteps(steps, map[FieldPoint]any{
	// 		FieldPoint{
	// 			InField: Coord{Row: field.RowStart, Col: field.ColStart},
	// 		}: struct{}{},
	// 	})
	// 	log.Printf("after steps %d. full iter %d. got count %d", steps, fullIter, len(reachableBySteps))
	// 	initialSolutions[fullIter] = len(reachableBySteps)
	// }

	log.Println("will try to use the values to get coeff of Ax^2 + Bx + C = 0")
	log.Println("then solve for x == 202300")
	// f(x) = 14714x^2 + 14603x + 3791
	// no.
	// 14669x^2 + 14738*x+3701

	x := 202300
	result := 14669*x*x + 14738*x+3701
	

	return result
}

// let's do dijkstra?
// i would need lots of space for edges?
// let's use a map with minimal distances?
// OR. just breath first traversal

type Field struct {
	RowStart, ColStart int
	symbols            [][]rune
}

type Coord struct {
	Row, Col int
}

type FieldPoint struct {
	InField   Coord
	MetaField Coord
}

func (f Field) ReachableBySteps(n int, startingAt map[FieldPoint]any) map[FieldPoint]any {
	if n%100 == 0 {
		log.Println("going step: ", n)
	}
	if n == 0 {
		return startingAt
	}
	// else collect directly available

	oneStepExpanded := make(map[FieldPoint]any)
	for cur := range startingAt {
		for _, neighbor := range f.Neighbors(cur) {
			oneStepExpanded[neighbor] = struct{}{}
		}
	}

	// if n < 4 {
	// 	log.Print("reachable after steps : ", n, len(oneStepExpanded))
	// 	f.PrintCoord(oneStepExpanded, 5)
	// }

	return f.ReachableBySteps(n-1, oneStepExpanded)
}

func (f Field) Neighbors(c FieldPoint) (resut []FieldPoint) {
	closeCoords := []FieldPoint{
		{InField: Coord{Row: c.InField.Row + 1, Col: c.InField.Col}, MetaField: c.MetaField},
		{InField: Coord{Row: c.InField.Row - 1, Col: c.InField.Col}, MetaField: c.MetaField},
		{InField: Coord{Row: c.InField.Row, Col: c.InField.Col + 1}, MetaField: c.MetaField},
		{InField: Coord{Row: c.InField.Row, Col: c.InField.Col - 1}, MetaField: c.MetaField},
	}

	for i, close := range closeCoords {
		height := len(f.symbols)
		width := len(f.symbols[0])
		if close.InField.Row == height {
			close.InField.Row = 0
			close.MetaField.Row += 1
		}
		if close.InField.Row == -1 {
			close.InField.Row = height - 1
			close.MetaField.Row -= 1
		}
		if close.InField.Col == width {
			close.InField.Col = 0
			close.MetaField.Col += 1
		}
		if close.InField.Col == -1 {
			// log.Printf("moving COL to lefter field from %d to %d", close.Col, width-1)
			close.InField.Col = width - 1
			close.MetaField.Col -= 1
		}
		closeCoords[i] = close
		// but this is not it. i need to store the XX and YY
		// so that points in other 'fields' would count separately. yuk
	}

	for _, close := range closeCoords {
		if f.ValidCoord(close.InField.Row, close.InField.Col) {
			symb := f.symbols[close.InField.Row][close.InField.Col]
			if symb == '.' || symb == 'S' {
				resut = append(resut, close)

			}

		}
	}

	// log.Print("getting neighbors for ", c, resut)

	return
}

func (f Field) ValidCoord(row, col int) bool {
	// log.Print("check valid ", row, col, row >= 0 && row < len(f.symbols) && col >= 0 && col < len(f.symbols[0]))

	valid := row >= 0 && row < len(f.symbols) && col >= 0 && col < len(f.symbols[0])
	if !valid {
		panic(fmt.Sprint("getting invalid coord: ", row, col))
	}
	return valid
}

func (f Field) String() (result string) {
	result += "\n"
	for _, line := range f.symbols {
		result += string(line)
		result += "\n"
	}

	return
}

func ReadField(filename string) (result Field) {
	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	text := strings.TrimSpace(string(bytes))

	lines := strings.Split(text, "\n")
	rows := make([][]rune, len(lines))
	for rowNum, line := range lines {
		rows[rowNum] = []rune(line)
		for colNum, symb := range line {
			if symb == 'S' {
				result.RowStart = rowNum
				result.ColStart = colNum
			}
		}
	}
	result.symbols = rows
	return
}

func (f Field) PrintCoord(coords map[FieldPoint]any, expandByField int) {

	for fieldRow := -expandByField; fieldRow <= expandByField; fieldRow++ {
		lines := make([]string, len(f.symbols))
		for fieldCol := -expandByField; fieldCol <= expandByField; fieldCol++ {

			for rowNum, row := range f.symbols {
				for colNum, col := range row {
					_, marked := coords[FieldPoint{InField: Coord{Row: rowNum, Col: colNum},
						MetaField: Coord{Row: fieldRow, Col: fieldCol}}]
					if marked {
						lines[rowNum] += "O"
					} else {
						lines[rowNum] += string(col)
					}
				}
			}

		}
		for _, line := range lines {
			fmt.Println(line)
		}

	}

	return
}