const std = @import("std"); const util = @import("util.zig"); const mem = std.mem; pub fn main() !void { const input = @embedFile("data/day08.txt"); const sln = try solve(util.gpa, input); std.debug.print("{d}\n", .{sln.a}); std.debug.print("{d}\n", .{sln.b}); } const Solution = struct { a: usize, b: usize, }; const Step = struct { left: [3]u8, right: [3]u8, }; fn solve(alloc: mem.Allocator, input: []const u8) !Solution { var states = std.AutoHashMap([3]u8, Step).init(alloc); defer states.deinit(); var position: [3]u8 = "AAA".*; var it = util.splitLines(input); const steps = it.next().?; while (it.next()) |line| { if (line.len == 0) continue; try states.put(line[0..3].*, .{ .left = line[7..10].*, .right = line[12..15].* }); } var count: u16 = 0; while (!mem.eql(u8, &position, "ZZZ")) : (count += 1) { const currState = states.get(position) orelse break; // ??????? position = if (steps[count % steps.len] == 'L') currState.left else currState.right; } return .{ .a = count, .b = 0 }; } test "silver" { const input = \\RL \\ \\AAA = (BBB, CCC) \\BBB = (DDD, EEE) \\CCC = (ZZZ, GGG) \\DDD = (DDD, DDD) \\EEE = (EEE, EEE) \\GGG = (GGG, GGG) \\ZZZ = (ZZZ, ZZZ) ; const sln = try solve(std.testing.allocator, input); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 2), sln.a); } test "gold" { const input = \\LR \\ \\11A = (11B, XXX) \\11B = (XXX, 11Z) \\11Z = (11B, XXX) \\22A = (22B, XXX) \\22B = (22C, 22C) \\22C = (22Z, 22Z) \\22Z = (22B, 22B) \\XXX = (XXX, XXX) ; const sln = try solve(std.testing.allocator, input); try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 0), sln.b); }