Day 22: A Long Walk
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Python
from .solver import Solver def _directions_from(char: str) -> list[tuple[int, int]]: if char == '.': return [(0, 1), (0, -1), (1, 0), (-1, 0)] if char == 'v': return [(1, 0)] if char == '^': return [(-1, 0)] if char == '<': return [(0, -1)] if char == '>': return [(0, 1)] raise ValueError(f'unknown char: {char}') class Day23(Solver): lines: list[str] def __init__(self): super().__init__(23) def presolve(self, input: str): self.lines = input.splitlines() def _find_longest(self, current: tuple[int, int], visited: set[tuple[int, int]]) -> int|None: i, j = current if i == len(self.lines) - 1: return 0 visited.add(current) options = [] for di, dj in _directions_from(self.lines[i][j]): ni, nj = i + di, j + dj if ni < 0 or ni >= len(self.lines) or nj < 0 or nj >= len(self.lines[0]): continue if self.lines[ni][nj] == '#': continue if (ni, nj) in visited: continue result = self._find_longest((ni, nj), visited) if result is not None: options.append(result) visited.remove(current) if options: return max(options) + 1 return None def solve_first_star(self) -> int: start_i = 0 start_j = self.lines[0].find('.') result = self._find_longest((start_i, start_j), set()) assert result return result def _find_longest_2(self, current: tuple[int, int], connections: dict[tuple[int, int], list[tuple[int, int, int]]], visited: set[tuple[int, int]]) -> int|None: i, j = current if i == len(self.lines) - 1: return 0 visited.add(current) options = [] for ni, nj, length in connections[(i, j)]: if (ni, nj) in visited: continue result = self._find_longest_2((ni, nj), connections, visited) if result is not None: options.append(result + length) visited.remove(current) if options: return max(options) return None def solve_second_star(self) -> int: start_i = 0 start_j = self.lines[0].find('.') stack = [(start_i, start_j)] connections = {} visited = set() while stack: edge_i, edge_j = stack.pop() i, j = edge_i, edge_j path_length = 0 options = [] connections[(edge_i, edge_j)] = [] while True: options = [] path_length += 1 visited.add((i, j)) for di, dj in ((0, 1), (0, -1), (1, 0), (-1, 0)): ni, nj = i + di, j + dj if ni < 0 or ni >= len(self.lines) or nj < 0 or nj >= len(self.lines[0]): continue if self.lines[ni][nj] == '#': continue if (ni, nj) in visited: continue options.append((ni, nj)) if len(options) == 1: i, j = options[0] else: connections[(edge_i, edge_j)].append((i, j, path_length - 1)) break connections[(i, j)] = [(ni, nj, 1) for ni, nj in options] stack.extend(options) connections_pairs = list(connections.items()) for (i, j), connected_nodes in connections_pairs: for (ni, nj, d) in connected_nodes: if (ni, nj) not in connections: connections[(ni, nj)] = [(i, j, d)] elif (i, j, d) not in connections[(ni, nj)]: connections[(ni, nj)].append((i, j, d)) result = self._find_longest_2((start_i, start_j), connections, set()) assert result return result