AdventOfCode2024/04/index.ts
2024-12-04 22:18:24 -05:00

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import fs from "node:fs";
import { printTime, now } from "../util";
const test = false;
const data = fs.readFileSync(
test ? "./inputs/testinput" : "./inputs/input",
"utf8"
);
let timer = now.instant();
console.log(
"part one:",
data
.split("\n")
.slice(0, -1)
.reduce((coll, curr, index, array) => {
// 2D string matching is a pain. Let's turn it into a 1D problem!
// create the down rows
curr.split("").forEach((s, i) => {
coll[i] = coll[i] ? coll[i] + s : s;
});
// create the down-left-diagonals
curr.split("").forEach((s, i) => {
coll[i + array.length + index] = coll[i + array.length + index]
? coll[i + array.length + index] + s
: s;
});
// create the down-right-diagonals
curr.split("").forEach((s, i) => {
coll[array.length * 4 + index - i - 2] = coll[
array.length * 4 + index - i - 2
]
? coll[array.length * 4 + index - i - 2] + s
: s;
});
// include the original crosses
return [...coll, curr];
}, Array.from({ length: test ? 10 + (10 * 4 - 2) : 140 + 140 * 4 - 2 }) as string[])
.reduce((total, curr) => {
// and now just do some regexes over the set of 1D strings
let matchesForward = curr.match(/XMAS/g);
let matchesBackward = curr.match(/SAMX/g);
if (matchesForward) {
total += matchesForward.length;
}
if (matchesBackward) {
total += matchesBackward.length;
}
return total;
}, 0),
printTime(now.instant().since(timer))
);
timer = now.instant();
console.log(
"part two:",
data
.split("\n")
.slice(0, -1)
.reduce((coll, curr, index, array) => {
if (index === 0 || index === array.length - 1) {
// we can entirely skip the first and last rows, since there's no way to get a cross started
return coll;
}
// look for A's
curr.split("").forEach((s, i, a) => {
if (i === 0 || i === a.length - 1) {
// same as above, edges are useless
return;
}
if (s === "A") {
// 1 2
// A
// 3 4
coll = [
...coll,
array[index - 1][i - 1] +
array[index - 1][i + 1] +
array[index + 1][i - 1] +
array[index + 1][i + 1],
];
}
});
return coll;
}, [] as string[])
.reduce((coll, curr) => {
// we could have just done this check above,
// but it's a little more clear, although slower,
// to iterate again.
switch (curr) {
case "MSMS":
case "SSMM":
case "SMSM":
case "MMSS":
coll += 1;
default:
break;
}
return coll;
}, 0),
printTime(now.instant().since(timer))
);