day 4 pt 1 & 2

some parts stolen from the internet but i learned a lot
2026-10-27 23:52:29 +00:00 · 2024-12-04 17:45:14 -05:00
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commit f856b284cb
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 dependencies = [
 "chrono",
 "dhat",
+ "itertools",
 "pico-args",
 "regex",
+ "tap",
 "tinyjson",
 ]

@@ -136,6 +138,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "thousands",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "either"
+version = "1.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -165,6 +173,15 @@ dependencies = [
 "cc",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "413ee7dfc52ee1a4949ceeb7dbc8a33f2d6c088194d9f922fb8318faf1f01186"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -424,6 +441,12 @@ dependencies = [
 "libc",
 ]

+[[package]]
+name = "tap"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "55937e1799185b12863d447f42597ed69d9928686b8d88a1df17376a097d8369"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thousands"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ test_lib = []
 # Template dependencies
 chrono = { version = "0.4.38", optional = true }
 dhat = { version = "0.3.3", optional = true }
+itertools = "0.13.0"
 pico-args = "0.5.0"
 regex = "1.11.1"
+tap = "1.0.1"
 tinyjson = "2.5.1"

 # Solution dependencies
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ Solutions for [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/) in [Rust](https://www.
 | [Day 3](https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/3) | ⭐ | ⭐ |
 <!--- advent_readme_stars table --->

+<!--- benchmarking table --->
+## Benchmarks
+
+| Day | Part 1 | Part 2 |
+| :---: | :---: | :---:  |
+| [Day 1](./src/bin/01.rs) | `153.0µs` | `237.3µs` |
+| [Day 2](./src/bin/02.rs) | `205.7µs` | `530.7µs` |
+| [Day 3](./src/bin/03.rs) | `615.8µs` | `743.8µs` |
+
+**Total: 2.49ms**
 <!--- benchmarking table --->

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+advent_of_code::solution!(4);
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Write;
+
+pub fn part_one(input: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    let result = word_search(input, "XMAS");
+    Some(result as u32)
+}
+
+pub fn part_two(input: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    None
+}
+
+fn word_search(input: &str, needle: &str) -> usize {
+    // for every character if every line, check in each of 8 directions for a match
+
+    // 1) RIGHT
+    let total_right = match_forward(input, needle);
+    // println!(" R: Found {} in {:?}", total_right, input);
+    File::create("04-data-R.txt").expect("Error creating").write_all(input.as_bytes()).expect("Error writing");
+
+    // Reverse the grid and check it forward
+    // 1 2 3        3 2 1
+    // 4 5 6  ===>  6 5 4
+    // 7 8 9        9 8 7
+
+    // 2) LEFT
+    let reverse_input = reverse_string(input);
+    let total_left = match_forward(&reverse_input, needle);
+    // println!(" L: Found {} in {:?}", total_left, reverse_input);
+    File::create("04-data-L.txt").expect("Error creating").write_all(reverse_input.as_bytes()).expect("Error writing");
+
+    // DOWN & UP-RIGHT
+    // SKEW the grid to get the DOWN check, TRANSPOSE the SKEWED grid to get the UP-RIGHT check
+    // (0,0) (0,1) (0,2) (0,3)       (0,0) (1,0) (2,0) (3,0)   -     -     -          (0,0)   -     -     -
+    // (1,0) (1,1) (1,2) (1,3)         -   (0,1) (1,1) (2,1) (3,1)   -     -          (1,0) (0,1)   -     -
+    // (2,0) (2,1) (2,2) (2,3)   ==>   -     -   (0,2) (1,2) (2,2) (3,2)   -    ==>   (2,0) (1,1) (0,2)   -
+    // (3,0) (3,1) (3,2) (3,3)         -     -     -   (0,3) (1,3) (2,3) (3,3)        (3,0) (2,1) (1,2) (0,3)
+    //                                                                                  -   (3,1) (2,2) (1,3)
+    //                                                                                  -     -   (3,2) (2,3)
+    //                                                                                  -     -     -   (3,3)
+    // Eg the "Up-right" check starting from (3,0) and going to (0,3) is now in a row in the skewed grid
+    // Eg the "Down" check starting from (0,1) to (3,1)
+
+    let char_vec = vecify_string(&String::from(input));
+
+    // 3) DOWN
+    let skewed_vec = skew_vec_bottom(&char_vec);
+    let skewed_input = stringify_vec(&skewed_vec);
+    let total_down = match_forward(&skewed_input, needle);
+    // println!("D : Found {} in {:?}", total_down, skewed_input);
+    File::create("04-data-D.txt").expect("Error creating").write_all(skewed_input.as_bytes()).expect("Error writing");
+
+    // 4) UP - Reverse the DOWN vec
+    let reversed_skewed_input = reverse_string(&skewed_input);
+    let total_up = match_forward(&reversed_skewed_input, needle);
+    // println!("U : Found {} in {:?}", total_up, reversed_skewed_input);
+    File::create("04-data-U.txt").expect("Error creating").write_all(reversed_skewed_input.as_bytes()).expect("Error writing");
+
+    // 5) UP-RIGHT
+    let transposed_skewed_vec = transpose(skewed_vec);
+    let transposed_skewed_input = stringify_vec(&transposed_skewed_vec);
+    let total_upright = match_forward(&transposed_skewed_input, needle);
+    // println!("UR: Found {} in {:?}", total_upright, transposed_skewed_input);
+    File::create("04-data-UR.txt").expect("Error creating").write_all(transposed_skewed_input.as_bytes()).expect("Error writing");
+
+    // 6) DOWN-LEFT - Reverse the UP-RIGHT vec
+    let reversed_transposed_skewed_vec = reverse_string(&transposed_skewed_input);
+    let total_downleft = match_forward(&reversed_transposed_skewed_vec, needle);
+    // println!("DL: Found {} in {:?}", total_downleft, reversed_transposed_skewed_vec);
+    File::create("04-data-DL.txt").expect("Error creating").write_all(reversed_transposed_skewed_vec.as_bytes()).expect("Error writing");
+
+    // Skew in the reverse direction and transpose it
+    // SKEW the grid to get the DOWN check, TRANSPOSE the SKEWED grid to get the UP-RIGHT check
+    // (0,0) (0,1) (0,2) (0,3)         -       -     -   (0,0) (1,0) (2,0) (3,0)           -     -     -   (0,3)
+    // (1,0) (1,1) (1,2) (1,3)         -       -   (0,1) (1,1) (2,1) (3,1)   -             -     -   (0,2) (1,3)
+    // (2,0) (2,1) (2,2) (2,3)   ==>   -     (0,2) (1,2) (2,2) (3,2)   -     -     ==>     -   (0,1) (1,2) (2,3)
+    // (3,0) (3,1) (3,2) (3,3)         (0,3) (1,3) (2,3) (3,3)   -     -     -           (0,0) (1,1) (2,2) (3,3)
+    //                                                                                   (1,0) (2,1) (3,2)   -
+    //                                                                                   (2,0) (3,1)   -     -
+    //                                                                                   (3,0)   -     -     -
+    // Eg the "DOWN-RIGHT" check starting from (0,0) and going to (3,3) is now in a row in the skewed grid
+
+    // 7) DOWN-RIGHT
+    let top_skewed_vec = skew_vec_top(&char_vec);
+    let top_skewed_input = stringify_vec(&top_skewed_vec);
+    let total_downright = match_forward(&top_skewed_input, needle);
+    // println!("DR: Found {} in {:?}", total_downright, top_skewed_input);
+    File::create("04-data-DR.txt").expect("Error creating").write_all(top_skewed_input.as_bytes()).expect("Error writing");
+
+    // 7) UP-LEFT - Reverse the DOWN-RIGHT vec
+    let reversed_top_skewed_input = reverse_string(&top_skewed_input);
+    let total_upleft = match_forward(&reversed_top_skewed_input, needle);
+    // println!("UL: Found {} in {:?}", total_upleft, reversed_top_skewed_input);
+    File::create("04-data-UL.txt").expect("Error creating").write_all(reversed_top_skewed_input.as_bytes()).expect("Error writing");
+
+    let total = total_right + total_left + total_down + total_up + total_upright + total_downleft + total_downright + total_upleft;
+
+    println!("Right: {total_right}");
+    println!("Left: {total_left}");
+    println!("Down: {total_down}");
+    println!("Up: {total_up}");
+    println!("Up-Right: {total_upright}");
+    println!("Down-Left: {total_downleft}");
+    println!("Down-Right: {total_downright}");
+    println!("Up-Left: {total_upleft}");
+    println!("Total: {total}");
+
+    total
+}
+
+
+fn match_forward(input: &str, needle: &str) -> usize {
+    input.match_indices(needle).count()
+}
+
+fn reverse_string(input: &str) -> String {
+    input.chars().rev().collect::<String>()
+}
+
+// shamelessly copied from the internets
+fn transpose<T>(v: Vec<Vec<T>>) -> Vec<Vec<T>>
+where
+    T: Clone,
+{
+    assert!(!v.is_empty());
+    (0..v[0].len())
+        .map(|i| v.iter().map(|inner| inner[i].clone()).collect::<Vec<T>>())
+        .collect()
+}
+
+fn stringify_vec(grid: &Vec<Vec<char>>) -> String {
+    let lines: Vec<String> = grid.iter().map(|l| String::from_iter(l)).collect();
+    lines.join("\n")
+}
+
+fn vecify_string(str_value: &String) -> Vec<Vec<char>> {
+    str_value.split('\n').filter_map(|l| {
+        let chars: Vec<char> = l.chars().collect();
+        if chars.len() > 0 { Some(chars) } else { None }
+    }).collect()
+}
+
+fn skew_vec_bottom(grid: &Vec<Vec<char>>) -> Vec<Vec<char>> {
+    // (0,0) (0,1) (0,2) (0,3)       (0,0) (1,0) (2,0) (3,0)   -     -     -
+    // (1,0) (1,1) (1,2) (1,3)         -   (0,1) (1,1) (2,1) (3,1)   -     -
+    // (2,0) (2,1) (2,2) (2,3)   ==>   -     -   (0,2) (1,2) (2,2) (3,2)   -
+    // (3,0) (3,1) (3,2) (3,3)         -     -     -   (0,3) (1,3) (2,3) (3,3)
+
+    let col_count = grid.len();
+    let row_count = grid[0].len();
+    let skewed_width = row_count + col_count - 1;
+
+    let mut skewed_vec: Vec<Vec<char>> = vec![vec![' '; skewed_width]; row_count];
+
+    for row_idx in 0..row_count {
+        for col_idx in 0..col_count {
+            // swap and skew
+            skewed_vec[row_idx][col_idx+row_idx] = grid[col_idx][row_idx];
+        }
+    }
+    skewed_vec
+}
+
+fn skew_vec_top(grid: &Vec<Vec<char>>) -> Vec<Vec<char>> {
+    // (0,0) (0,1) (0,2) (0,3)         -       -     -   (0,0) (1,0) (2,0) (3,0)
+    // (1,0) (1,1) (1,2) (1,3)         -       -   (0,1) (1,1) (2,1) (3,1)   -
+    // (2,0) (2,1) (2,2) (2,3)   ==>   -     (0,2) (1,2) (2,2) (3,2)   -     -
+    // (3,0) (3,1) (3,2) (3,3)         (0,3) (1,3) (2,3) (3,3)   -     -     -
+
+
+    let col_count = grid.len();
+    let row_count = grid[0].len();
+    let skewed_width = row_count + col_count - 1;
+
+    let mut skewed_vec: Vec<Vec<char>> = vec![vec![' '; skewed_width]; row_count];
+
+    for row_idx in 0..row_count {
+        for col_idx in 0..col_count {
+            // swap and skew
+            assert!(col_idx + col_count - row_idx - 1 < skewed_width);
+            skewed_vec[row_idx][col_idx + col_count - row_idx - 1] = grid[row_idx][col_idx];
+        }
+    }
+    skewed_vec
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skew_vec_bottom() {
+        let input_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '1', '2', '3'],
+            vec!['4', '5', '6', '7'],
+            vec!['8', '9', 'a', 'b'],
+            vec!['c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
+        ];
+
+        let skewed_vec = skew_vec_bottom(&input_vec);
+
+        let expected_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '4', '8', 'c', ' ', ' ', ' '],
+            vec![' ', '1', '5', '9', 'd', ' ', ' '],
+            vec![' ', ' ', '2', '6', 'a', 'e', ' '],
+            vec![' ', ' ', ' ', '3', '7', 'b', 'f']
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(skewed_vec, expected_vec);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_skew_vec_top() {
+        let input_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '1', '2', '3'],
+            vec!['4', '5', '6', '7'],
+            vec!['8', '9', 'a', 'b'],
+            vec!['c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
+        ];
+
+        let skewed_vec = skew_vec_top(&input_vec);
+
+        let expected_vec = vec![
+            vec![' ', ' ', ' ', '0', '1', '2', '3'],
+            vec![' ', ' ', '4', '5', '6', '7', ' '],
+            vec![' ', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', ' ', ' '],
+            vec!['c', 'd', 'e', 'f', ' ', ' ', ' ']
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(skewed_vec, expected_vec);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_transpose_square_vec() {
+        let input_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '1', '2', '3'],
+            vec!['4', '5', '6', '7'],
+            vec!['8', '9', 'a', 'b'],
+            vec!['c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
+        ];
+
+        let transposed_vec = transpose(input_vec);
+
+        let expected_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '4', '8', 'c'],
+            vec!['1', '5', '9', 'd'],
+            vec!['2', '6', 'a', 'e'],
+            vec!['3', '7', 'b', 'f']
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(transposed_vec, expected_vec);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_transpose_long_vec() {
+        let input_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '1', '2', '3'],
+            vec!['4', '5', '6', '7']
+        ];
+
+        let transposed_vec = transpose(input_vec);
+
+        let expected_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '4'],
+            vec!['1', '5'],
+            vec!['2', '6'],
+            vec!['3', '7']
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(transposed_vec, expected_vec);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_transpose_tall_vec() {
+        let input_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '1'],
+            vec!['2', '3'],
+            vec!['4', '5'],
+            vec!['6', '7'],
+        ];
+
+        let transposed_vec = transpose(input_vec);
+
+        let expected_vec = vec![
+            vec!['0', '2', '4', '6'],
+            vec!['1', '3', '5', '7']
+        ];
+        assert_eq!(transposed_vec, expected_vec);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_match_forward() {
+        let input = "abcXMASXMASxyz";
+        let count = match_forward(input, "XMAS");
+
+        assert_eq!(count, 2);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_part_one() {
+        let result = part_one(&advent_of_code::template::read_file_part("examples", DAY, 99));
+        assert_eq!(result, Some(18));
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn test_part_one_2() {
+        let result = part_one(&advent_of_code::template::read_file_part("examples", DAY, 2));
+        assert_eq!(result, Some(8));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_part_two() {
+        let result = part_two(&advent_of_code::template::read_file("examples", DAY));
+        assert_eq!(result, None);
+    }
+}
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+advent_of_code::solution!(4);
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use tap::Pipe;
+
+pub fn part_one(input: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    let grid = input.lines().map(|l| l.chars().collect_vec()).collect_vec();
+    let row_size = grid.len() as isize;
+    let col_size = grid[0].len() as isize;
+    let is_valid = |row_idx, col_idx| (0..row_size).contains(&row_idx) && (0..col_size).contains(&col_idx);
+    let get_value = |row_idx, col_idx| is_valid(row_idx, col_idx).then(|| grid[row_idx as usize][col_idx as usize]);
+
+    let total: i32 = Itertools::cartesian_product(0..row_size, 0..col_size)
+    .flat_map(|(row_idx, col_idx)| {
+        [(0, -1), (-1, 0), (-1, -1), (-1, 1)]
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(move |(row_direction, col_direction)| {
+            (0..=3)
+            .filter_map(
+                |magnitude| get_value(row_idx + row_direction * magnitude, col_idx + col_direction * magnitude)
+            )
+            .collect::<String>()
+            .pipe(|s| ["XMAS", "SAMX"].contains(&s.as_ref()) as i32)
+        })
+    }).sum();
+
+    Some(total as u32)
+}
+
+pub fn part_two(input: &str) -> Option<u32> {
+    let grid = input.lines().map(|l| l.chars().collect_vec()).collect_vec();
+    let row_size = grid.len() as isize;
+    let col_size = grid[0].len() as isize;
+    let is_valid = |row_idx, col_idx| (0..row_size).contains(&row_idx) && (0..col_size).contains(&col_idx);
+    let get_value = |row_idx, col_idx| is_valid(row_idx, col_idx).then(|| grid[row_idx as usize][col_idx as usize]);
+
+    let total= Itertools::cartesian_product(0..row_size, 0..col_size)
+    .filter_map(|(row_idx, col_idx)| {
+        if get_value(row_idx, col_idx) != Some('A') { return None }
+
+        let first = [(row_idx - 1, col_idx - 1), (row_idx, col_idx), (row_idx+1, col_idx+1)].iter().filter_map(|(row, col)| get_value(*row, *col)).collect::<String>();
+        if !["MAS", "SAM"].contains(&first.as_ref()) { return None }
+
+        let second = [(row_idx - 1, col_idx + 1), (row_idx, col_idx), (row_idx+1, col_idx-1)].iter().filter_map(|(row, col)| get_value(*row, *col)).collect::<String>();
+        if !["MAS", "SAM"].contains(&second.as_ref()) { return None }
+
+        Some(true)
+    }).count();
+
+    Some(total as u32)
+}
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_part_one() {
+        let result = part_one(&advent_of_code::template::read_file("examples", DAY));
+        assert_eq!(result, Some(18));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_part_two() {
+        let result = part_two(&advent_of_code::template::read_file("examples", DAY));
+        assert_eq!(result, Some(9));
+    }
+}