Day 13: Claw Contraption
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I have nothing. I hate Diophantine equations. That is all I have to say today.
(edit) I came back to it after a 24 hour break. All that nonsense about scoring multiple results really took me in yesterday.
import 'dart:math'; import 'package:collection/collection.dart'; List<List<Point<int>>> getMachines(List<String> lines) => lines .splitBefore((e) => e == '') .map((m) => m .whereNot((e) => e.isEmpty) .map((l) => RegExp(r'(\d+)') .allMatches(l) .map((m) => int.parse(m.group(0)!)) .toList()) .map((pr) => Point(pr.first, pr.last)) .toList()) .toList(); bool isInteger(num n) => (n - n.round()).abs() < 0.00001; int cost(Point a, Point b, Point goal) { var resA = (goal.x * b.y - goal.y * b.x) / (a.x * b.y - a.y * b.x); var resB = (a.x * goal.y - a.y * goal.x) / (a.x * b.y - a.y * b.x); return (isInteger(resA) && isInteger(resB)) ? resA.round() * 3 + resB.round() * 1 : 0; } int solve(mx, p) => [for (var m in mx) cost(m[0], m[1], m[2] + p)].sum; const large = Point(10000000000000, 10000000000000); part1(List<String> lines) => solve(getMachines(lines), Point(0, 0)); part2(List<String> lines) => solve(getMachines(lines), large);
Well done! I like how you’re just looking for four integers instead of bothering with parsing the rest of the line.
I thought that would be easier but then ended up with that monstrous function, but that’s all that’s left of yesterday’s terrible mess, so it stays :-)