Day 12: Garden Groups
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Ended up oversleeping somewhat, so I did the first part on the way to work using flood fills over a global visited set, and now that work’s over I’ve sat down to expand that solution to do corner counting for part two as well.
C#
char[] map = new char[0]; (int X, int Y) size = (0, 0); public void Input(IEnumerable<string> lines) { map = string.Concat(lines).ToCharArray(); size = (lines.First().Length, lines.Count()); } Dictionary<HashSet<(int,int)>,int> areas = new Dictionary<HashSet<(int,int)>,int>(); public void PreCalc() { HashSet<(int, int)> visited = new HashSet<(int, int)>(); for (int y = 0; y < size.Y; ++y) for (int x = 0; x < size.X; ++x) { var at = (x, y); if (visited.Contains(at)) continue; var area = Flood((x, y), visited); areas[area.Area] = area.Perim; } } public void Part1() { int sum = areas.Select(kv => kv.Key.Count * kv.Value).Sum(); Console.WriteLine($"Fencing total: {sum}"); } public void Part2() { int sum = areas.Select(kv => kv.Key.Count * countCorners(kv.Key)).Sum(); Console.WriteLine($"Fencing total: {sum}"); } readonly (int dX, int dY)[] links = new[] { (1, 0), (0, 1), (-1, 0), (0, -1) }; (HashSet<(int,int)> Area, int Perim) Flood((int X, int Y) from, HashSet<(int X, int Y)> visited) { char at = map[from.Y * size.X + from.X]; (HashSet<(int,int)> Area, int Perim) ret = (new HashSet<(int,int)>(), 0); visited.Add(from); ret.Area.Add(from); foreach (var link in links) { (int X, int Y) newAt = (from.X + link.dX, from.Y + link.dY); char offset ; if (newAt.X < 0 || newAt.X >= size.X || newAt.Y < 0 || newAt.Y >= size.Y) offset = '\0'; else offset = map[newAt.Y * size.X + newAt.X]; if (offset == at) { if (visited.Contains(newAt)) continue; var nextArea = Flood(newAt, visited); ret.Area.UnionWith(nextArea.Area); ret.Perim += nextArea.Perim; } else { ret.Perim += 1; } } return ret; } readonly (int dX, int dY)[] cornerPoints = new[] { (0, 0), (1, 0), (1, 1), (0, 1) }; readonly int[] diagonalValues = new[] { (2 << 0) + (2 << 2), (2 << 1) + (2 << 3) }; int countCorners(HashSet<(int X, int Y)> points) { int corners = 0; var bounds = findBounds(points); for (int y = bounds.minY - 1; y < bounds.maxY + 1; ++y) for (int x = bounds.minX - 1; x < bounds.maxX + 1; ++x) { var atPoint = cornerPoints.Select(c => points.Contains((x + c.dX, y + c.dY))); var before = corners; if (atPoint.Where(c => c).Count() % 2 == 1) corners++; else if (diagonalValues.Contains(atPoint.Select((c, i) => c ? (2 << i) : 0).Sum())) corners += 2; } return corners; } (int minX, int minY, int maxX, int maxY) findBounds(HashSet<(int X, int Y)> points) { (int minX, int minY, int maxX, int maxY) ret = (int.MaxValue, int.MaxValue, int.MinValue, int.MinValue); foreach (var point in points) { ret.minX = Math.Min(ret.minX, point.X); ret.minY = Math.Min(ret.minY, point.Y); ret.maxX = Math.Max(ret.maxX, point.X); ret.maxY = Math.Max(ret.maxY, point.Y); } return ret; }