Day 10: Pipe Maze
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Dart
Finally got round to solving part 2. Very easy once I realised it’s just a matter of counting line crossings.
Edit: having now read the other comments here, I’m reminded that the line-crossing logic is actually an application of Jordan’s Curve Theorem which looks like a mathematical joke when you first see it, but turns out to be really useful here!
var up = Point(0, -1), down = Point(0, 1), left = Point(-1, 0), right = Point(1, 0); var pipes = >>{ '|': [up, down], '-': [left, right], 'L': [up, right], 'J': [up, left], '7': [left, down], 'F': [right, down], }; late List> grid; // Make grid global for part 2 Set> buildPath(List lines) { grid = lines.map((e) => e.split('')).toList(); var points = { for (var row in grid.indices()) for (var col in grid.first.indices()) Point(col, row): grid[row][col] }; // Find the starting point. var pos = points.entries.firstWhere((e) => e.value == 'S').key; var path = {pos}; // Replace 'S' with assumed pipe. var dirs = [up, down, left, right].where((el) => points.keys.contains(pos + el) && pipes.containsKey(points[pos + el]) && pipes[points[pos + el]]!.contains(Point(-el.x, -el.y))); grid[pos.y][pos.x] = pipes.entries .firstWhere((e) => (e.value.first == dirs.first) && (e.value.last == dirs.last) || (e.value.first == dirs.last) && (e.value.last == dirs.first)) .key; // Follow the path. while (true) { var nd = dirs.firstWhereOrNull((e) => points.containsKey(pos + e) && !path.contains(pos + e) && (points[pos + e] == 'S' || pipes.containsKey(points[pos + e]))); if (nd == null) break; pos += nd; path.add(pos); dirs = pipes[points[pos]]!; } return path; } part1(List lines) => buildPath(lines).length ~/ 2; part2(List lines) { var path = buildPath(lines); var count = 0; for (var r in grid.indices()) { var outside = true; // We're only interested in how many times we have crossed the path // to get to any given point, so mark anything that's not on the path // as '*' for counting, and collapse all uninteresting path segments. var row = grid[r] .indexed() .map((e) => path.contains(Point(e.index, r)) ? e.value : '*') .join('') .replaceAll('-', '') .replaceAll('FJ', '|') // zigzag .replaceAll('L7', '|') // other zigzag .replaceAll('LJ', '') // U-bend .replaceAll('F7', ''); // n-bend for (var c in row.split('')) { if (c == '|') { outside = !outside; } else { if (!outside && c == '*') count += 1; } } } return count; }