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Day 4: Ceres Search

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[–] Sparrow_1029 2 points 1 hour ago

Rust

Ugh. Spent way too long on today's. Should have just used my own grid structure from last year. I will likely refactor to use that. Even though it's likely a super slow implementation, the convenience of dealing with it is better than shoehorning in the grid::Grid<T> from that crate.

solution (no supporting code)

use grid::Grid;

use crate::shared::{
    grid2d::{iter_diag_nesw, iter_diag_nwse, Point},
    util::read_lines,
};

fn parse_grid(input: &[String]) -> Grid<u8> {
    let cols = input.first().unwrap().len();
    Grid::from_vec(
        input
            .iter()
            .flat_map(|row| row.chars().map(|c| c as u8).collect::<Vec<u8>>())
            .collect(),
        cols,
    )
}

fn part1(grid: &Grid<u8>) -> usize {
    let mut xmas_count = 0;
    let rows = grid
        .iter_rows()
        .map(|d| String::from_utf8(d.copied().collect()).unwrap());
    let cols = grid
        .iter_cols()
        .map(|d| String::from_utf8(d.copied().collect()).unwrap());
    for diag in iter_diag_nesw(grid)
        .chain(iter_diag_nwse(grid))
        .filter_map(|d| {
            if d.len() >= 4 {
                Some(String::from_utf8(d.clone()).unwrap())
            } else {
                None
            }
        })
        .chain(rows)
        .chain(cols)
    {
        xmas_count += diag.matches("XMAS").count() + diag.matches("SAMX").count()
    }
    xmas_count
}

fn part2(grid: &Grid<u8>) -> usize {
    let mut xmas_count = 0;
    let valid = [
        [b'M', b'M', b'S', b'S'],
        [b'M', b'S', b'S', b'M'],
        [b'S', b'M', b'M', b'S'],
        [b'S', b'S', b'M', b'M'],
    ];
    for x in 1..grid.cols() - 1 {
        for y in 1..grid.rows() - 1 {
            if grid.get(y, x) == Some(&b'A')
                && valid.contains(
                    &(Point::new(x as isize, y as isize)
                        .diagonal_neighbors(grid)
                        .map(|i| i.unwrap_or(0))),
                )
            {
                xmas_count += 1;
            }
        }
    }
    xmas_count
}

pub fn solve() {
    let input = read_lines("inputs/day04.txt");
    let grid = parse_grid(&input);
    println!("Part 1: {}", part1(&grid));
    println!("Part 2: {}", part2(&grid));
}

And here's a link to the Github if you care to see the gross supporting code :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Julia

Had some time to clean up the code today since the solution was quite straight forward after making a plan on how to approach it.

spoiler

function readWordSearch(inputFile::String)::Matrix{Char}
	f = open(inputFile,"r")
	lines::Vector{String} = readlines(f)
	close(f)
	wordSearch = Matrix{Char}(undef,length(lines),length(lines))
	for (i,line) in enumerate(lines)
		wordSearch[i,:] = collect(line)
	end
	return wordSearch
end

function countXMASAppearances(wS::Matrix{Char})::Int
	appearanceCount::Int = 0
	for i=1 : size(wS)[1] #lines
		for j=1 : size(wS)[2] #columns
			wS[i,j]!='X' ? continue : nothing #continue if char is not X
			#if char is X, check surrounding area
			# check horizontals
			#left
			j>=4 ? (wS[i,j-1]*wS[i,j-2]*wS[i,j-3]=="MAS" ? appearanceCount+=1 : nothing) : nothing
			#right
			j<=size(wS)[2]-3 ? (wS[i,j+1]*wS[i,j+2]*wS[i,j+3]=="MAS" ? appearanceCount+=1 : nothing) : nothing
			# check verticals
			#up
			i>=4 ? (wS[i-1,j]*wS[i-2,j]*wS[i-3,j]=="MAS" ? appearanceCount+=1 : nothing) : nothing
			#down
			i<=size(wS)[1]-3 ? (wS[i+1,j]*wS[i+2,j]*wS[i+3,j]=="MAS" ? appearanceCount+=1 : nothing) : nothing
			# check diagonals
			#left up
			i>=4 && j>=4 ? (wS[i-1,j-1]*wS[i-2,j-2]*wS[i-3,j-3]=="MAS" ? appearanceCount+=1 : nothing) : nothing
			#right up
			i>=4 && j<=size(wS)[2]-3 ? (wS[i-1,j+1]*wS[i-2,j+2]*wS[i-3,j+3]=="MAS" ? appearanceCount+=1 : nothing) : nothing
			#left down
			i<=size(wS)[1]-3 && j>=4 ? (wS[i+1,j-1]*wS[i+2,j-2]*wS[i+3,j-3]=="MAS" ? appearanceCount+=1 : nothing) : nothing
			#right down
			i<=size(wS)[1]-3 && j<=size(wS)[2]-3 ? (wS[i+1,j+1]*wS[i+2,j+2]*wS[i+3,j+3]=="MAS" ? appearanceCount+=1 : nothing) : nothing
		end
	end
	return appearanceCount
end

function countX_MASAppearances(wordSearch::Matrix{Char})::Int
	appearances::Int = 0
	for l=2 : size(wordSearch)[1]-1
		for c=2 : size(wordSearch)[2]-1
			wordSearch[l,c]!='A' ? continue : nothing
			checkArr = [wordSearch[l-1,c-1],wordSearch[l-1,c+1],wordSearch[l+1,c-1],wordSearch[l+1,c+1]]
			if checkArr in [['M','M','S','S'],['M','S','M','S'],['S','S','M','M'],['S','M','S','M']]
				appearances += 1
			end
		end
	end
	return appearances
end

wordSearch::Matrix{Char} = readWordSearch(inputFile
prinltn("part 1 appearances: $(countXMASAppearances(wordSearch))")
prinltn("part 2 appearances: $(countX_MASAppearances(wordSearch))")

[–] Andy 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Factor

spoiler

: get-input ( -- rows )
  "vocab:aoc-2024/04/input.txt" utf8 file-lines ;

: verticals ( rows -- lines )
  [ dimension last [0..b) ] keep cols ;

: slash-origins ( dimension -- coords )
  [ first [0..b) [ 0 2array ] map ] [
    first2 [ 1 - ] [ 1 (a..b] ] bi*
    [ 2array ] with map
  ] bi append ;

: backslash-origins ( dimension -- coords )
  first2
  [ [0..b) [ 0 2array ] map ]
  [ 1 (a..b] [ 0 swap 2array ] map ] bi* append ;

: slash ( rows origin -- line )
  first2
  [ 0 [a..b] ]
  [ pick dimension last [a..b) ] bi* zip
  swap matrix-nths ;

: backslash ( rows origin -- line )
  [ dup dimension ] dip first2
  [ over first [a..b) ]
  [ pick last [a..b) ] bi* zip nip
  swap matrix-nths ;

: slashes ( rows -- lines )
  dup dimension slash-origins
  [ slash ] with map ;

: backslashes ( rows -- lines )
  dup dimension backslash-origins
  [ backslash ] with map ;

: word-count ( word line -- n )
  dup reverse rot
  '[ _ subseq-indices length ] bi@ + ;

: part1 ( -- n )
  "XMAS" get-input
  { [ ] [ verticals ] [ slashes ] [ backslashes ] } cleave-array concat
  [ word-count ] with map-sum ;

: origin-adistances ( rows origins line-quot: ( rows origin -- line ) -- origin-adistances-assoc )
  with zip-with
  "MAS" "SAM" [ '[ [ _ subseq-indices ] map-values ] ] bi@ bi append
  harvest-values
  [ [ 1 + ] map ] map-values ; inline

: a-coords ( origin-adistances coord-quot: ( adistance -- row-delta col-delta ) -- coords )
  '[ first2 [ @ 2array v+ ] with map ] map-concat ; inline

: slash-a-coords ( rows -- coords )
  dup dimension slash-origins [ slash ] origin-adistances
  [ [ 0 swap - ] keep ] a-coords ;

: backslash-a-coords ( rows -- coords )
  dup dimension backslash-origins [ backslash ] origin-adistances
  [ dup ] a-coords ;

: part2 ( -- n )
  get-input [ slash-a-coords ] [ backslash-a-coords ] bi
  intersect length ;

Better viewed on GitHub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Python

def read_input(path):
    with open(path) as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
            ln = line.replace("\n","")
            lines[i] = ln
    return lines

def find_X(lines):
    Xes = []
    for j, line in enumerate(lines):
        ind = [i for i, ltr in enumerate(line) if ltr == "X"]
        for i in ind:
            Xes.append((j,i))
    return Xes

def find_M(lines, x, dim):
    # Check for Ms
    M_dirs = []
    for i in [-1, 0, 1]:
        x_ind = x[0] + i
        if x_ind>=0 and x_ind<dim:
            for j in [-1, 0, 1]:
                y_ind = x[1]+j
                if y_ind>=0 and y_ind<dim:
                    if lines[x_ind][y_ind] == "M":
                        M = [(x_ind, y_ind), (i,j)]
                        M_dirs.append(M)
    return M_dirs

def check_surroundings(loc, lines, check_char, direction):
    max = len(lines)-1
    check_lock = [loc[i]+direction[i] for i in range(len(loc))]
    if all(i>=0 and i<=max for i in check_lock) and check_char in str(lines[check_lock[0]][check_lock[1]]):
        return True
    else:
        return False

def part_one(lines):
    ans = 0 

    X = find_X(lines)
    dim = len(lines[0])
    for x in X:
        M = find_M(lines, x, dim)
        for m in M:
            loc = m[0]
            dir = m[1]
            
            if not check_surroundings(loc, lines, 'A', dir):
                continue
            
            loc = [loc[0]+dir[0], loc[1]+dir[1]]
            if not all(i>=0 and i<=dim-1 for i in loc):
                continue
            if not check_surroundings(loc, lines, 'S', dir):
                continue
            
            ans+=1
    return ans

def extract_square(lines, loc):
    str = ""
    for i in range(-1,2,1):
        for j in range(-1,2,1):
            x_ind = loc[0]+i
            y_ind = loc[1]+j
            if not all(p>=0 and p<=len(lines[0])-1 for p in [x_ind, y_ind]):
                raise ValueError("The given lock is at the edge of the grid and therefore will not produce a square")
            str += lines[x_ind][y_ind]
    return str

def check_square(square):
    if not square[4]=="A":
        return False
    elif not ((square[0]=="M" and square[8]=="S") or (square[0]=="S" and square[8]=="M")):
        return False
    elif not ((square[2]=="M" and square[6]=="S") or (square[2]=="S" and square[6]=="M")):
        return False
    else: return True

def part_two(lines):
    ans = 0
    dim = len(lines[0])
    for i in range(1,dim-1):
        for j in range(1,dim-1):
            square = extract_square(lines, (i,j))
            if check_square(square):
                ans += 1
    return ans

path = r'Day_4\input.txt'
lines = read_input(path)
print("Answer part 1: ", part_one(lines))
print("Answer part 2: ", part_two(lines))

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Nim

import ../aoc, strutils

type
  Cell* = tuple[x,y:int]

#the 8 grid direction
const directions : array[8, Cell] = [
  (1, 0), (-1, 0),
  (0, 1), ( 0,-1),
  (1, 1), (-1,-1),
  (1,-1), (-1, 1)
]

const xmas = "XMAS"

#part 1
proc searchXMAS*(grid:seq[string], x,y:int):int =
  #search in all 8 directions (provided we can find a full match in that direction)
  let w = grid[0].len
  let h = grid.len
  
  for dir in directions:
    # check if XMAS can even fit
    let xEnd = x + dir.x * 3
    let yEnd = y + dir.y * 3
    if xEnd < 0 or xEnd >= w or
       yEnd < 0 or yEnd >= h:
      continue;
    
    #step along direction
    var matches = 0
    for s in 0..3:
      if grid[y + dir.y * s][x + dir.x * s] == xmas[s]:
        inc matches
        
    if matches == xmas.len:
      inc result

#part 2
proc isMAS(grid:seq[string], c, o:Cell):bool=
  let ca : Cell = (c.x+o.x, c.y+o.y)
  let cb : Cell = (c.x-o.x, c.y-o.y)
  let a = grid[ca.y][ca.x]
  let b = grid[cb.y][cb.x]
  (a == 'M' and b == 'S') or (a == 'S' and b == 'M')

proc searchCrossMAS*(grid:seq[string], x,y:int):bool =
  grid[y][x] == 'A' and
  grid.isMAS((x,y), (1,1)) and
  grid.isMAS((x,y), (1,-1))

proc solve*(input:string): array[2,int] =
  let grid = input.splitLines
  let w = grid[0].len
  let h = grid.len
  
  #part 1
  for y in 0..<h:
    for x in 0..<w:
      result[0] += grid.searchXMAS(x, y)
  
  #part 2, skipping borders
  for y in 1..<h-1:
    for x in 1..<w-1:
      result[1] += (int)grid.searchCrossMAS(x, y)

Part 1 was done really quickly. Part 2 as well, but the result was not accepted...

Turns out +MAS isn't actually a thing :P

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

J

Unsurprisingly this is the kind of problem that J is really good at. The dyadic case (table) of the adverb / is doing all the heavy lifting here: it makes a higher rank tensor by traversing items of the specified rank on each side and combining them according to the remaining frame of each side's shape. The hard part is arranging the arguments so that your resulting matrix has its axes in the correct order.

data_file_name =: '4.data'

NB. cutopen yields boxed lines, so unbox them and ravel items to make a letter matrix
grid =: ,. > cutopen fread data_file_name
NB. pad the grid on every side with #'XMAS' - 1 spaces
hpadded_grid =: (('   ' &amp; ,) @: (, &amp; '   '))"1 grid
padded_grid =: (3 1 $ ' ') , hpadded_grid , (3 1 $ ' ')
NB. traversal vectors
directions =: 8 2 $ 1 0 1 1 0 1 _1 1 _1 0 _1 _1 0 _1 1 _1
NB. rpos cpos matches rdir cdir if the string starting at rpos cpos in
NB. direction rdir cdir is the string we want
matches =: 4 : 0
*/ ,'XMAS' -: padded_grid {~ &lt;"1 x +"1 y *"1 0 i. 4
)"1
positions =: (3 + i. 0 { $ grid) ,"0/ (3 + i. 1 { $ grid)
result1 =: +/, positions matches/ directions

NB. pairs of traversal vectors
x_directions =: 4 2 2 $ 1 1 _1 1 1 1 1 _1 _1 _1 _1 1 _1 _1 1 _1
NB. rpos cpos x_matches 2 2 $ rdir1 cdir1 rdir2 cdir2 if there is an 'A' at
NB. rpos cpos and the string in each of dir1 and dir2 centered at rpos cpos
NB. is the string we want
x_matches =: 4 : 0
NB. (2 2 $ rdir1 cdir1 rdir2 cdir2) *"1 0/ (_1 + i.3) yields a matrix
NB. 2 3 $ (_1 * dir1) , (0 * dir1) , (1 * dir1) followed by the same for dir2
*/ ,'MAS' -:"1 padded_grid {~ &lt;"1 x +"1 y *"1 0/ _1 + i. 3
)"1 2
result2 =: +/, positions x_matches/ x_directions
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

This one was a little bit of a pain. I loved it.

TypeScript

Solution

import { AdventOfCodeSolutionFunction } from "./solutions";

enum Direction {
    UP,
    UP_RIGHT,
    RIGHT,
    BOTTOM_RIGHT,
    BOTTOM,
    BOTTOM_LEFT,
    LEFT,
    UP_LEFT,
};

const ALL_DIRECTIONS = [
    Direction.RIGHT,
    Direction.BOTTOM_RIGHT,
    Direction.BOTTOM,
    Direction.BOTTOM_LEFT,
    Direction.LEFT,
    Direction.UP_LEFT,
    Direction.UP,
    Direction.UP_RIGHT,
];

const check_coords = (grid: Array<Array<string>>, x: number, y: number) => {
    return y >= grid.length ||
        y < 0 ||
        x >= grid[y].length ||
        x < 0
}

const search_direction = (grid: Array<Array<string>>, x: number, y: number, direction: Direction, find: Array<string>) => {
    // exit conditions
    // no more to find
    if (find.length == 0)
        return 1; // found the end

    // invalid coords
    if (check_coords(grid, x, y))
        return 0;

    // make new mutable list
    const newFind = [...find];
    const searchChar = newFind.shift();

    // wrong character
    if (grid[y][x] !== searchChar)
        return 0;

    switch (direction) {
        case Direction.UP:
            return search_direction(grid, x, y + 1, direction, newFind);

        case Direction.UP_RIGHT:
            return search_direction(grid, x + 1, y + 1, direction, newFind);

        case Direction.RIGHT:
            return search_direction(grid, x + 1, y, direction, newFind);

        case Direction.BOTTOM_RIGHT:
            return search_direction(grid, x + 1, y - 1, direction, newFind);

        case Direction.BOTTOM:
            return search_direction(grid, x, y - 1, direction, newFind);

        case Direction.BOTTOM_LEFT:
            return search_direction(grid, x - 1, y - 1, direction, newFind);

        case Direction.LEFT:
            return search_direction(grid, x - 1, y, direction, newFind);

        case Direction.UP_LEFT:
            return search_direction(grid, x - 1, y + 1, direction, newFind);

        default:
            return 0;
    }
}

const part_1_search = (grid: Array<Array<string>>, x: number, y: number, find: Array<string>) => {
    return ALL_DIRECTIONS.reduce<number>(
        (instances, direction) =>
            instances + search_direction(grid, x, y, direction, find),
        0
    );
}

const part_2_search = (grid: Array<Array<string>>, x: number, y: number, find: Array<string>) => {
    return (
        search_direction(grid, x - 1, y + 1, Direction.BOTTOM_RIGHT, find) +
        search_direction(grid, x + 1, y + 1, Direction.BOTTOM_LEFT, find) +
        search_direction(grid, x - 1, y - 1, Direction.UP_RIGHT, find) +
        search_direction(grid, x + 1, y - 1, Direction.UP_LEFT, find)
    ) == 2 ? 1 : 0;
}

export const solution_4: AdventOfCodeSolutionFunction = (input) => {
    const grid = input.split("\n").map(st => st.trim()).map(v => v.split(""));

    let part_1 = 0;
    let part_2 = 0;

    const find_1 = "XMAS".split("");
    const find_2 = "MAS".split("");

    for (let y = 0; y < grid.length; y++) {
        for (let x = 0; x < grid[y].length; x++) {
            part_1 += part_1_search(grid, x, y, find_1);
            part_2 += part_2_search(grid, x, y, find_2);
        }
    }

    return {
        part_1,
        part_2,
    };
}

Felt like this code quality is better than what I usually output :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Go

Just a bunch of ifs and bounds checking. Part 2 was actually simpler.

Code

func part1(W [][]rune) {
	m := len(W)
	n := len(W[0])
	xmasCount := 0

	for i := 0; i < m; i++ {
		for j := 0; j < n; j++ {
			if W[i][j] != 'X' {
				continue
			}
			if j < n-3 && W[i][j+1] == 'M' && W[i][j+2] == 'A' && W[i][j+3] == 'S' {
				// Horizontal left to right
				xmasCount++
			}
			if j >= 3 && W[i][j-1] == 'M' && W[i][j-2] == 'A' && W[i][j-3] == 'S' {
				// Horizontal right to left
				xmasCount++
			}
			if i < m-3 && W[i+1][j] == 'M' && W[i+2][j] == 'A' && W[i+3][j] == 'S' {
				// Vertical up to down
				xmasCount++
			}
			if i >= 3 && W[i-1][j] == 'M' && W[i-2][j] == 'A' && W[i-3][j] == 'S' {
				// Vertical down to up
				xmasCount++
			}
			if j < n-3 && i < m-3 && W[i+1][j+1] == 'M' && W[i+2][j+2] == 'A' && W[i+3][j+3] == 'S' {
				// Diagonal left to right and up to down
				xmasCount++
			}
			if j >= 3 && i < m-3 && W[i+1][j-1] == 'M' && W[i+2][j-2] == 'A' && W[i+3][j-3] == 'S' {
				// Diagonal right to left and up to down
				xmasCount++
			}
			if j < n-3 && i >= 3 && W[i-1][j+1] == 'M' && W[i-2][j+2] == 'A' && W[i-3][j+3] == 'S' {
				// Diagonal left to right and down to up
				xmasCount++
			}
			if j >= 3 && i >= 3 && W[i-1][j-1] == 'M' && W[i-2][j-2] == 'A' && W[i-3][j-3] == 'S' {
				// Diagonal right to left and down to up
				xmasCount++
			}
		}
	}

	fmt.Println(xmasCount)
}

func part2(W [][]rune) {
	m := len(W)
	n := len(W[0])
	xmasCount := 0

	for i := 0; i <= m-3; i++ {
		for j := 0; j <= n-3; j++ {
			if W[i+1][j+1] != 'A' {
				continue
			}
			if W[i][j] == 'M' && W[i][j+2] == 'M' && W[i+2][j] == 'S' && W[i+2][j+2] == 'S' {
				xmasCount++
			} else if W[i][j] == 'M' && W[i][j+2] == 'S' && W[i+2][j] == 'M' && W[i+2][j+2] == 'S' {
				xmasCount++
			} else if W[i][j] == 'S' && W[i][j+2] == 'S' && W[i+2][j] == 'M' && W[i+2][j+2] == 'M' {
				xmasCount++
			} else if W[i][j] == 'S' && W[i][j+2] == 'M' && W[i+2][j] == 'S' && W[i+2][j+2] == 'M' {
				xmasCount++
			}
		}
	}

	fmt.Println(xmasCount)
}

func main() {
	file, _ := os.Open("input.txt")
	defer file.Close()
	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)

	var W [][]rune
	for scanner.Scan() {
		line := scanner.Text()
		W = append(W, []rune(line))
	}

	part1(W)
	part2(W)
}

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Raku

Oof, my struggle to make custom index walking paths for part 1 did not pay off for part 2.

Solution

sub MAIN($input) {
    my $file = (open $input).slurp;
    my @grid is List = $file.lines».comb».list;
    my @transposedGrid is List = [Z] @grid;
    my @reversedGrid is List = @grid».reverse;
    my @transposedReversedGrid is List = @transposedGrid».reverse;

    my @horizontalScanRows is List = generateScanHorizontal(@grid);
    my @transposedHorizontalScanRows is List = generateScanHorizontal(@transposedGrid);

    my @part-one-counts = [];
    @part-one-counts.push(count-xmas(@grid, @horizontalScanRows)); # Right
    @part-one-counts.push(count-xmas(@transposedGrid, @transposedHorizontalScanRows)); # Down
    @part-one-counts.push(count-xmas(@reversedGrid, @horizontalScanRows)); # Left
    @part-one-counts.push(count-xmas(@transposedReversedGrid, @transposedHorizontalScanRows)); # Up

    my @diagonalScanRows is List = generateScanDiagonal(@grid);
    my @transposedDiagonalScanRows is List = generateScanDiagonal(@transposedGrid);
    @part-one-counts.push(count-xmas(@grid, @diagonalScanRows)); # Down Right
    @part-one-counts.push(count-xmas(@grid, @diagonalScanRows».reverse)); # Up Left
    @part-one-counts.push(count-xmas(@reversedGrid, @diagonalScanRows)); # Down Left
    @part-one-counts.push(count-xmas(@reversedGrid, @diagonalScanRows».reverse)); # Up Right

    my $part-one-solution = @part-one-counts.sum;
    say "part 1: $part-one-solution";


    my @part-two-counts = [];
    @part-two-counts.push(countGridMatches(@grid, (<M . S>,<. A .>,<M . S>)));
    @part-two-counts.push(countGridMatches(@grid, (<S . S>,<. A .>,<M . M>)));
    @part-two-counts.push(countGridMatches(@grid, (<S . M>,<. A .>,<S . M>)));
    @part-two-counts.push(countGridMatches(@grid, (<M . M>,<. A .>,<S . S>)));

    my $part-two-solution = @part-two-counts.sum;
    say "part 2: $part-two-solution";

}

sub count-xmas(@grid, @scanRows) {
    my $xmas-count = 0;
    for @scanRows -> @scanRow {
        my $xmas-pos = 0;
        for @scanRow -> @pos {
            my $char = @grid[@pos[0]][@pos[1]];
            if "X" eq $char {
                $xmas-pos = 1;
            }elsif <X M A S>[$xmas-pos] eq $char {
                if $xmas-pos == 3 {
                    $xmas-pos = 0;
                    $xmas-count += 1;
                } else {
                    $xmas-pos += 1;
                }
            } else {
                $xmas-pos = 0;
            }
        }
    }
    return $xmas-count;
}

sub generateScanHorizontal(@grid) {
    # Horizontal
    my $rows = @grid.elems;
    my $cols = @grid[0].elems;
    my @scanRows = ();
    for 0..^$rows -> $row {
        my @scanRow = ();
        for 0..^$cols -> $col {
            @scanRow.push(($row, $col));
        }
        @scanRows.push(@scanRow);
    }
    return @scanRows.List».List;
}

sub generateScanDiagonal(@grid) {
    # Down-right diagonal
    my $rows = @grid.elems;
    my $cols = @grid[0].elems;
    my @scanRows = ();
    for 0..^($rows + $cols - 1) -> $diag {
        my @scanRow = ();
        my $starting-row = max(-$cols + $diag + 1, 0);
        my $starting-col = max($rows - $diag - 1, 0);
        my $diag-len = min($rows - $starting-row, $cols - $starting-col);
        for 0..^$diag-len -> $diag-pos {
            @scanRow.push(($starting-row + $diag-pos, $starting-col + $diag-pos));
        }
        @scanRows.push(@scanRow);
    }
    return @scanRows.List».List;
}

sub countGridMatches(@grid, @needle) {
    my $count = 0;
    for 0..(@grid.elems - @needle.elems) -> $top {
        TOP-LEFT:
        for 0..(@grid[$top].elems - @needle[0].elems) -> $left {
            for 0..^@needle.elems -> $row-offset {
                for 0..^@needle[$row-offset].elems -> $col-offset {
                    my $needle-char = @needle[$row-offset][$col-offset];
                    next if $needle-char eq ".";
                    next TOP-LEFT if $needle-char ne @grid[$top+$row-offset][$left+$col-offset];
                }
            }
            $count += 1;
        }
    }
    return $count;
}

github

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

C#

namespace Day04;

static class Program
{
    public record struct Point(int Row, int Col);

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var sample = File.ReadAllLines("sample.txt");
        var data = File.ReadAllLines("data.txt");

        Console.WriteLine($"Part 1 (sample): {SolvePart1(sample)}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Part 1 (data): {SolvePart1(data)}");

        Console.WriteLine($"Part 2 (sample): {SolvePart2(sample)}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Part 2 (data): {SolvePart2(data)}");
    }

    private static readonly string Search = "XMAS";

    private static readonly Func<Point, Point>[] DirectionalMoves =
    {
        p => new Point(p.Row + 1, p.Col),
        p => new Point(p.Row + 1, p.Col + 1),
        p => new Point(p.Row, p.Col + 1),
        p => new Point(p.Row - 1, p.Col + 1),
        p => new Point(p.Row - 1, p.Col),
        p => new Point(p.Row - 1, p.Col - 1),
        p => new Point(p.Row, p.Col - 1),
        p => new Point(p.Row + 1, p.Col - 1),
    };

    private static readonly Func<Point, Point>[] ForwardSlashMoves =
    {
        p => new Point(p.Row - 1, p.Col - 1),
        p => new Point(p.Row + 1, p.Col + 1),
    };
    
    private static readonly Func<Point, Point>[] BackSlashMoves =
    {
        p => new Point(p.Row + 1, p.Col - 1),
        p => new Point(p.Row - 1, p.Col + 1),
    };

    static long SolvePart1(string[] data)
    {
        return Enumerable
            .Range(0, data.Length)
            .SelectMany(row => Enumerable.Range(0, data[row].Length)
                .Select(col => new Point(row, col)))
            .Where(p => IsMatch(data, p, Search[0]))
            .Sum(p => DirectionalMoves
                .Count(move => DeepMatch(data, move(p), move, Search, 1)));
    }

    static long SolvePart2(string[] data)
    {
        return Enumerable
            .Range(0, data.Length)
            .SelectMany(row => Enumerable.Range(0, data[row].Length)
                .Select(col => new Point(row, col)))
            .Where(p => IsMatch(data, p, 'A'))
            .Count(p => CheckDiagonalMoves(data, p, ForwardSlashMoves)
                        && CheckDiagonalMoves(data, p, BackSlashMoves));
    }

    static bool CheckDiagonalMoves(string[] data, Point p, Func<Point, Point>[] moves)
        => (IsMatch(data, moves[0](p), 'S') && IsMatch(data, moves[1](p), 'M'))
           || (IsMatch(data, moves[0](p), 'M') && IsMatch(data, moves[1](p), 'S'));

    static bool DeepMatch(string[] data, Point p, Func<Point, Point> move, string search, int searchIndex) =>
        (searchIndex >= search.Length) ? true :
        (!IsMatch(data, p, search[searchIndex])) ? false :
        DeepMatch(data, move(p), move, search, searchIndex + 1);

    static bool IsMatch(string[] data, Point p, char searchChar)
        => IsInBounds(data, p) && (data[p.Row][p.Col] == searchChar);

    static bool IsInBounds(string[] data, Point p) =>
        (p.Row >= 0) && (p.Col >= 0) && (p.Row < data.Length) && (p.Col < data[0].Length);
}
[–] proved_unglue 1 points 12 hours ago

Kotlin

fun part1(input: String): Int {
    return countWordOccurrences(input.lines())
}

fun part2(input: String): Int {
    val grid = input.lines().map(String::toList)
    var count = 0
    for (row in 1..grid.size - 2) {
        for (col in 1..grid[row].size - 2) {
            if (grid[row][col] == 'A') {
                count += countCrossMatch(grid, row, col)
            }
        }
    }
    return count
}

private fun countCrossMatch(grid: List<List<Char>>, row: Int, col: Int): Int {
    val surroundingCorners = listOf(
        grid[row - 1][col - 1], // upper left
        grid[row - 1][col + 1], // upper right
        grid[row + 1][col - 1], // lower left
        grid[row + 1][col + 1], // lower right
    )
    // no matches:
    //   M S   S M
    //    A     A
    //   S M   M S
    return if (surroundingCorners.count { it == 'M' } == 2
        && surroundingCorners.count { it == 'S' } == 2
        && surroundingCorners[0] != surroundingCorners[3]
    ) 1 else 0
}

private fun countWordOccurrences(matrix: List<String>): Int {
    val rows = matrix.size
    val cols = if (rows > 0) matrix[0].length else 0
    val directions = listOf(
        Pair(0, 1),   // Horizontal right
        Pair(1, 0),   // Vertical down
        Pair(1, 1),   // Diagonal down-right
        Pair(1, -1),  // Diagonal down-left
        Pair(0, -1),  // Horizontal left
        Pair(-1, 0),  // Vertical up
        Pair(-1, -1), // Diagonal up-left
        Pair(-1, 1)   // Diagonal up-right
    )

    fun isWordAt(row: Int, col: Int, word: String, direction: Pair<Int, Int>): Boolean {
        val (dx, dy) = direction
        for (i in word.indices) {
            val x = row + i * dx
            val y = col + i * dy
            if (x !in 0 until rows || y !in 0 until cols || matrix[x][y] != word[i]) {
                return false
            }
        }
        return true
    }

    var count = 0

    for (row in 0 until rows) {
        for (col in 0 until cols) {
            for (direction in directions) {
                if (isWordAt(row, col, "XMAS", direction)) {
                    count++
                }
            }
        }
    }

    return count
}
[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Uiua

Just part1 for now as I need to walk the dog :-)

[edit] Part 2 now added, and a nicer approach than Part 1 in my opinion, if you're able to keep that many dimensions straight in your head :-)

[edit 2] Tightened it up a bit more.

Grid ← ⊜∘⊸≠@\n "MMMSXXMASM\nMSAMXMSMSA\nAMXSXMAAMM\nMSAMASMSMX\nXMASAMXAMM\nXXAMMXXAMA\nSMSMSASXSS\nSAXAMASAAA\nMAMMMXMMMM\nMXMXAXMASX"

≡⍉⍉×⇡4¤[1_0 0_1 1_1 1_¯1]         # Use core dirs to build sets of 4-offsets.
↯∞_2⇡△ Grid                       # Get all possible starting points.
&p/+♭⊞(+∩(≍"XMAS")⇌.⬚@.⊡:Grid≡+¤) # Part 1. Join the two into a table, use to pick 4-elements, check, count.

Diags   ← [[¯. 1_1] [¯. 1_¯1]]
BothMas ← /×≡(+∩(≍"MS")⇌.)⬚@.⊡≡+Diags¤¤ # True if both diags here are MAS.
&p/+≡BothMas⊚="A"⟜¤Grid                 # Part 2. For all "A"s in grid, check diags, count where good.
[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not even sure how to write most of these characters

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The operators have all got ascii names you can type, and the formatter converts them to the symbols. It's a bit odd but really worthwhile, as you get access to the powerful array handling functionality that made solving today's challenges so much more straightforward than in other languages.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

It looks quite functional indeed

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago

C

What can I say, bunch of for loops! I add a 3 cell border to avoid having to do bounds checking in the inner loops.

Code

#include "common.h"
#define GZ 146

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
	static char g[GZ][GZ];
	static const char w[] = "XMAS";
	int p1=0,p2=0, x,y, m,i;

	if (argc > 1) DISCARD(freopen(argv[1], "r", stdin));
	for (y=3; y<GZ && fgets(g[y]+3, GZ-3, stdin); y++) ;

	for (y=3; y<GZ-3; y++)
	for (x=3; x<GZ-3; x++) {
		for (m=1,i=0; i<4; i++) {m &= g[y+i][x]==w[i];} p1+=m;
		for (m=1,i=0; i<4; i++) {m &= g[y-i][x]==w[i];} p1+=m;
		for (m=1,i=0; i<4; i++) {m &= g[y][x+i]==w[i];} p1+=m;
		for (m=1,i=0; i<4; i++) {m &= g[y][x-i]==w[i];} p1+=m;
		for (m=1,i=0; i<4; i++) {m &= g[y+i][x+i]==w[i];} p1+=m;
		for (m=1,i=0; i<4; i++) {m &= g[y-i][x-i]==w[i];} p1+=m;
		for (m=1,i=0; i<4; i++) {m &= g[y+i][x-i]==w[i];} p1+=m;
		for (m=1,i=0; i<4; i++) {m &= g[y-i][x+i]==w[i];} p1+=m;

		p2 += g[y+1][x+1]=='A' &&
		      ((g[y][x]  =='M' && g[y+2][x+2]=='S')  ||
		       (g[y][x]  =='S' && g[y+2][x+2]=='M')) &&
		      ((g[y+2][x]=='M' && g[y][x+2]  =='S')  ||
		       (g[y+2][x]=='S' && g[y][x+2]  =='M'));
	}

	printf("04: %d %d\n", p1, p2);
}

https://github.com/sjmulder/aoc/blob/master/2024/c/day04.c

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

Haskell

Popular language this year :)

I got embarrassingly stuck on this one trying to be clever with list operations. Then I realized I should just use an array...

import Data.Array.Unboxed (UArray)
import Data.Array.Unboxed qualified as A
import Data.Bifunctor

readInput :: String -> UArray (Int, Int) Char
readInput s =
  let rows = lines s
      n = length rows
   in A.listArray ((1, 1), (n, n)) $ concat rows

s1 `eq` s2 = s1 == s2 || s1 == reverse s2

part1 arr = length $ filter isXmas $ concatMap lines $ A.indices arr
  where
    isXmas ps = all (A.inRange $ A.bounds arr) ps && map (arr A.!) ps `eq` "XMAS"
    lines p = [take 4 $ iterate (bimap (+ di) (+ dj)) p | (di, dj) <- [(1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 1), (1, -1)]]

part2 arr = length $ filter isXmas innerPoints
  where
    innerPoints =
      let ((i1, j1), (i2, j2)) = A.bounds arr
       in [(i, j) | i <- [i1 + 1 .. i2 - 1], j <- [j1 + 1 .. j2 - 1]]
    isXmas p = up p `eq` "MAS" && down p `eq` "MAS"
    up (i, j) = map (arr A.!) [(i + 1, j - 1), (i, j), (i - 1, j + 1)]
    down (i, j) = map (arr A.!) [(i - 1, j - 1), (i, j), (i + 1, j + 1)]

main = do
  input <- readInput <$> readFile "input04"
  print $ part1 input
  print $ part2 input
[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Nim

Could be done more elegantly, but I haven’t bothered yet.

proc solve(input: string): AOCSolution[int, int] =
  var lines = input.splitLines()

  block p1:
    # horiz
    for line in lines:
      for i in 0..line.high-3:
        if line[i..i+3] in ["XMAS", "SAMX"]:
          inc result.part1

    for y in 0..lines.high-3:
      #vert
      for x in 0..lines[0].high:
        let word = collect(for y in y..y+3: lines[y][x])
        if word in [@"XMAS", @"SAMX"]:
          inc result.part1

      #diag \
      for x in 0..lines[0].high-3:
        let word = collect(for d in 0..3: lines[y+d][x+d])
        if word in [@"XMAS", @"SAMX"]:
          inc result.part1

      #diag /
      for x in 3..lines[0].high:
        let word = collect(for d in 0..3: lines[y+d][x-d])
        if word in [@"XMAS", @"SAMX"]:
          inc result.part1

  block p2:
    for y in 0..lines.high-2:
      for x in 0..lines[0].high-2:
        let diagNW = collect(for d in 0..2: lines[y+d][x+d])
        let diagNE = collect(for d in 0..2: lines[y+d][x+2-d])
        if diagNW in [@"MAS", @"SAM"] and diagNE in [@"MAS", @"SAM"]:
          inc result.part2

Codeberg repo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

python

solution

import aoc

def setup():
    return (aoc.get_lines(4, padded=(True, '.', 3)), 0)

def one():
    lines, acc = setup()
    for row, l in enumerate(lines):
        for col, c in enumerate(l):
            if c == 'X':
                w = l[col - 3:col + 1]
                e = l[col:col + 4]
                n = c + lines[row - 1][col] + \
                    lines[row - 2][col] + lines[row - 3][col]
                s = c + lines[row + 1][col] + \
                    lines[row + 2][col] + lines[row + 3][col]
                nw = c + lines[row - 1][col - 1] + \
                    lines[row - 2][col - 2] + lines[row - 3][col - 3]
                ne = c + lines[row - 1][col + 1] + \
                    lines[row - 2][col + 2] + lines[row - 3][col + 3]
                sw = c + lines[row + 1][col - 1] + \
                    lines[row + 2][col - 2] + lines[row + 3][col - 3]
                se = c + lines[row + 1][col + 1] + \
                    lines[row + 2][col + 2] + lines[row + 3][col + 3]
                for word in [w, e, n, s, nw, ne, sw, se]:
                    if word in ['XMAS', 'SAMX']:
                        acc += 1
    print(acc)

def two():
    lines, acc = setup()
    for row, l in enumerate(lines):
        for col, c in enumerate(l):
            if c == 'A':
                l = lines[row - 1][col - 1] + c + lines[row + 1][col + 1]
                r = lines[row + 1][col - 1] + c + lines[row - 1][col + 1]
                if l in ['MAS', 'SAM'] and r in ['MAS', 'SAM']:
                    acc += 1
    print(acc)

one()
two()

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

I struggled a lot more when doing list slices that I would've liked to

Haskell


import Data.List qualified as List

collectDiagonal :: [String] -> Int -> Int -> String
collectDiagonal c y x
        | length c > y && length (c !! y) > x = c !! y !! x : collectDiagonal c (y+1) (x+1)
        | otherwise = []

part1 c = do
        let forwardXMAS  = map (length . filter (List.isPrefixOf "XMAS") . List.tails) $ c
        let backwardXMAS = map (length . filter (List.isPrefixOf "XMAS") . List.tails . reverse) $ c
        let downwardXMAS  = map (length . filter (List.isPrefixOf "XMAS") . List.tails ) . List.transpose $ c
        let upwardXMAS = map (length . filter (List.isPrefixOf "XMAS") . List.tails . reverse ) . List.transpose $ c
        let leftSideDiagonals = map (\ y -> collectDiagonal c y 0) [0..length c]
        let leftTopDiagonals = map (\ x -> collectDiagonal c 0 x) [1..(length . List.head $ c)]
        let leftDiagonals = leftSideDiagonals ++ leftTopDiagonals
        let rightSideDiagonals = map (\ y -> collectDiagonal (map List.reverse c) y 0) [0..length c]
        let rightTopDiagonals = map (\ x -> collectDiagonal (map List.reverse c) 0 x) [1..(length . List.head $ c)]
        let rightDiagonals = rightSideDiagonals ++ rightTopDiagonals
        let diagonals = leftDiagonals ++ rightDiagonals

        let diagonalXMAS = map (length . filter (List.isPrefixOf "XMAS") . List.tails) $ diagonals
        let reverseDiagonalXMAS = map (length . filter (List.isPrefixOf "XMAS") . List.tails . reverse) $ diagonals

        print . sum $ [sum forwardXMAS, sum backwardXMAS, sum downwardXMAS, sum upwardXMAS, sum diagonalXMAS, sum reverseDiagonalXMAS]
        return ()

getBlock h w c y x = map (take w . drop x) . take h . drop y $ c

isXBlock b = do
        let diagonal1 = collectDiagonal b 0 0
        let diagonal2 = collectDiagonal (map List.reverse b) 0 0

        diagonal1 `elem` ["SAM", "MAS"] && diagonal2 `elem` ["SAM", "MAS"]

part2 c = do
        
        let lineBlocks = List.map (getBlock 3 3 c) [0..length c - 1]
        let groupedBlocks = List.map (flip List.map [0..(length . head $ c) - 1]) lineBlocks

        print . sum . map (length . filter isXBlock) $ groupedBlocks

        return ()

main = do
        c <- lines <$> getContents

        part1 c
        part2 c

        return ()
[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Haskell

import Control.Arrow
import Data.Array.Unboxed
import Data.List

type Pos = (Int, Int)
type Board = Array Pos Char
data Dir = N | NE | E | SE | S | SW | W | NW

target = "XMAS"

parse s = listArray ((1, 1), (n, m)) [l !! i !! j | i <- [0 .. n - 1], j <- [0 .. m - 1]]
  where
    l = lines s
    (n, m) = (length $ head l, length l)

move N = first pred
move S = first succ
move E = second pred
move W = second succ
move NW = move N . move W
move SW = move S . move W
move NE = move N . move E
move SE = move S . move E

check :: Board -> Pos -> Int -> Dir -> Bool
check b p i d =
    i >= length target
        || ( inRange (bounds b) p
                && (b ! p) == (target !! i)
                && check b (move d p) (succ i) d
           )

checkAllDirs :: Board -> Pos -> Int
checkAllDirs b p = length . filter (check b p 0) $ [N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW]

check2 :: Board -> Pos -> Bool
check2 b p =
    all (inRange (bounds b)) moves && ((b ! p) == 'A') && ("SSMM" `elem` rotations)
  where
    rotations = rots $ (b !) <$> moves
    moves = flip move p <$> [NE, SE, SW, NW]

    rots xs = init $ zipWith (++) (tails xs) (inits xs)

part1 b = sum $ checkAllDirs b <$> indices b
part2 b = length . filter (check2 b) $ indices b

main = getContents >>= print . (part1 &&& part2) . parse
[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

C#

public class Day04 : Solver
{
  private int width, height;
  private char[,] data;

  public void Presolve(string input) {
    var lines = input.Trim().Split("\n").ToList();
    height = lines.Count;
    width = lines[0].Length;
    data = new char[height, width];
    for (int i = 0; i < height; i++) {
      for (int j = 0; j < width; j++) {
        data[i, j] = lines[i][j];
      }
    }
  }

  private static readonly string word = "XMAS";

  public string SolveFirst()
  {
    int counter = 0;
    for (int start_i = 0; start_i < height; start_i++) {
      for (int start_j = 0; start_j < width; start_j++) {
        if (data[start_i, start_j] != word[0]) continue;
        for (int di = -1; di <= 1; di++) {
          for (int dj = -1; dj <= 1; dj++) {
            if (di == 0 && dj == 0) continue;
            int end_i = start_i + di * (word.Length - 1);
            int end_j = start_j + dj * (word.Length - 1);
            if (end_i < 0 || end_j < 0 || end_i >= height || end_j >= width) continue;
            for (int k = 1; k < word.Length; k++) {
              if (data[start_i + di * k, start_j + dj * k] != word[k]) break;
              if (k == word.Length - 1) counter++;
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return counter.ToString();
  }

  public string SolveSecond()
  {
    int counter = 0;
    for (int start_i = 1; start_i < height - 1; start_i++) {
      for (int start_j = 1; start_j < width - 1; start_j++) {
        if (data[start_i, start_j] != 'A') continue;
        int even_mas_starts = 0;
        for (int di = -1; di <= 1; di++) {
          for (int dj = -1; dj <= 1; dj++) {
            if (di == 0 && dj == 0) continue;
            if ((di + dj) % 2 != 0) continue;
            if (data[start_i + di, start_j + dj] != 'M') continue;
            if (data[start_i - di, start_j - dj] != 'S') continue;
            even_mas_starts++;
          }
        }
        if (even_mas_starts == 2) counter++;
      }
    }
    return counter.ToString();
  }
}
[–] Gobbel2000 1 points 16 hours ago

Rust

One of those with running through tricky grid indices. The vector types from the euclid crate helped in dealing with positions.

Code

use euclid::{vec2, default::*};

fn count_xmas(grid: &[&[u8]], pos: (usize, usize)) -> u32 {
    if grid[pos.1][pos.0] != b'X' {
        return 0
    }

    let bounds = Rect::new(Point2D::origin(), Size2D::new(grid[0].len() as i32, grid.len() as i32));
    const DIRS: [Vector2D<i32>; 8] = [
        vec2(1, 0), vec2(-1, 0), vec2(0, 1), vec2(0, -1),
        vec2(1, 1), vec2(1, -1), vec2(-1, 1), vec2(-1, -1),
    ];
    let mut count = 0;
    for dir in DIRS {
        let mut cur = Point2D::from(pos).to_i32();
        let mut found = true;
        for letter in [b'M', b'A', b'S'] {
            cur += dir;
            if !bounds.contains(cur) || grid[cur.y as usize][cur.x as usize] != letter {
                found = false;
                break
            }
        }
        if found {
            count += 1;
        }
    }
    count
}

fn part1(input: String) {
    let grid = input.lines().map(|l| l.as_bytes()).collect::<Vec<_>>();    
    let count = (0..grid.len()).map(|y| {
            (0..grid[y].len()).map(|x| count_xmas(&grid, (x, y))).sum::<u32>()
        })
        .sum::<u32>();
    println!("{count}");
}

fn is_x_mas(grid: &[&[u8]], pos: (usize, usize)) -> bool {
    if grid[pos.1][pos.0] != b'A' {
        return false
    }

    const DIRS: [Vector2D<i32>; 4] = [vec2(1, -1), vec2(1, 1), vec2(-1, 1), vec2(-1, -1)];
    let pos = Point2D::from(pos).to_i32();
    (0..4).any(|d| {
        let m_pos = [pos + DIRS[d], pos + DIRS[(d + 1) % 4]]; // 2 adjacent positions of M
        let s_pos = [pos + DIRS[(d + 2) % 4], pos + DIRS[(d + 3) % 4]]; // others S
        m_pos.iter().all(|p| grid[p.y as usize][p.x as usize] == b'M') &&
        s_pos.iter().all(|p| grid[p.y as usize][p.x as usize] == b'S')
    })
}

fn part2(input: String) {
    let grid = input.lines().map(|l| l.as_bytes()).collect::<Vec<_>>();    
    let count = (1..grid.len() - 1).map(|y| {
            (1..grid[y].len() - 1).filter(|&x| is_x_mas(&grid, (x, y))).count()
        })
        .sum::<usize>();
    println!("{count}");
}

util::aoc_main!();

(also on github)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I tried to think of some clever LINQ to do this one, but was blanking entirely.

So naïve search it is.

C#

string wordsearch = "";
int width;
int height;

public void Input(IEnumerable<string> lines)
{
  wordsearch = string.Join("", lines);
  height = lines.Count();
  width = lines.First().Length;
}

public void Part1()
{
  int words = 0;
  for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
    for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
      words += SearchFrom(x, y);

  Console.WriteLine($"Words: {words}");
}
public void Part2()
{
  int words = 0;
  for (int y = 1; y < height - 1; y++)
    for (int x = 1; x < width - 1; x++)
      words += SearchCross(x, y);

  Console.WriteLine($"Crosses: {words}");
}

public int SearchFrom(int x, int y)
{
  char at = wordsearch[y * width + x];
  if (at != 'X')
    return 0;

  int words = 0;
  for (int ydir = -1; ydir <= 1; ++ydir)
    for (int xdir = -1; xdir <= 1; ++xdir)
    {
      if (xdir == 0 && ydir == 0)
        continue;

      if (SearchWord(x, y, xdir, ydir))
        words++;
    }

  return words;
}

private readonly string word = "XMAS";
public bool SearchWord(int x, int y, int xdir, int ydir)
{
  int wordit = 0;
  while (true)
  {
    char at = wordsearch[y * width + x];
    if (at != word[wordit])
      return false;

    if (wordit == word.Length - 1)
      return true;

    wordit++;

    x += xdir;
    y += ydir;

    if (x < 0 || y < 0 || x >= width || y >= height)
      return false;
  }
}

public int SearchCross(int x, int y)
{
  if (x == 0 || y == 0 || x == width - 1 || y == width - 1)
    return 0;

  char at = wordsearch[y * width + x];
  if (at != 'A')
    return 0;

  int found = 0;
  for (int ydir = -1; ydir <= 1; ++ydir)
    for (int xdir = -1; xdir <= 1; ++xdir)
    {
      if (xdir == 0 || ydir == 0)
        continue;

      if (wordsearch[(y + ydir) * width + (x + xdir)] != 'M')
        continue;
      if (wordsearch[(y - ydir) * width + (x - xdir)] != 'S')
        continue;

      found++;
    }

  if (found == 2)
    return 1;

  return 0;
}

[–] CameronDev 1 points 16 hours ago

I haven't quite started yet, and this one does feel like a busy work kinda problem. I was wondering if I could write something to rotate the board and do the search, but I think that might be not worth the effort