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2019/days/16.go
Parnic c788813cd2 Day 16 solution
Following the formula for part 1 was straightforward enough, but finding the pattern for part 2 and deducing the shortcut formula took me a while. That first 0 1 propagate enough that by the time we get halfway through applying the formula, it's all 0s and 1s, so sort of like an addition with a mask on what numbers we're adding.
2022-06-13 15:30:17 -05:00

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package days
import (
"fmt"
"math"
u "parnic.com/aoc2019/utilities"
)
type Day16 struct {
numberSet []int8
}
func (d *Day16) Parse() {
numberSequence := u.GetStringContents("16p")
d.numberSet = make([]int8, len(numberSequence))
for i, numRune := range numberSequence {
d.numberSet[i] = int8(numRune - '0')
}
}
func (d Day16) Num() int {
return 16
}
func (d *Day16) Part1() string {
transformed := make([]int8, len(d.numberSet))
copy(transformed, d.numberSet)
transformPattern := []int8{0, 1, 0, -1}
phases := 100
workingSet := make([]int8, len(transformed))
for i := 0; i < phases; i++ {
copy(workingSet, transformed)
// fmt.Printf("Phase %d. Input signal: %v\n", (i + 1), transformed)
for destIdx := range transformed {
repeated := 0
patternIdx := 0
workingVal := int64(0)
for idx := range transformed {
if repeated >= destIdx {
repeated = 0
patternIdx++
if patternIdx == len(transformPattern) {
patternIdx = 0
}
} else {
repeated++
}
// fmt.Printf("%d*%d", transformed[idx], transformPattern[patternIdx])
// if idx < len(transformed)-1 {
// fmt.Print(" + ")
// }
workingVal += int64(transformed[idx] * transformPattern[patternIdx])
}
workingSet[destIdx] = int8(int64(math.Abs(float64(workingVal))) % 10)
// fmt.Printf(" = %d\n", workingSet[destIdx])
}
copy(transformed, workingSet)
}
finalVal := 0
for i := range transformed[0:8] {
finalVal += int(transformed[i]) * int(math.Pow10(8-1-i))
}
return fmt.Sprintf("First 8 digits of the final output list: %s%d%s", u.TextBold, finalVal, u.TextReset)
}
func (d *Day16) Part2() string {
transformed := make([]int8, len(d.numberSet)*10000)
for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ {
copy(transformed[i*len(d.numberSet):(i*len(d.numberSet))+len(d.numberSet)], d.numberSet)
}
finalMsgOffset := 0
for i := 0; i < 7; i++ {
finalMsgOffset += int(d.numberSet[i]) * int(math.Pow10(7-1-i))
}
if finalMsgOffset < len(transformed)/2 {
panic("offset must be in the back half of the message for this solution to work")
}
phases := 100
for p := 0; p < phases; p++ {
rollingTotal := int8(0)
for i := len(transformed) - 1; i >= finalMsgOffset; i-- {
rollingTotal += transformed[i]
rollingTotal = rollingTotal % 10
transformed[i] = rollingTotal
}
}
finalVal := 0
for i := range transformed[finalMsgOffset : finalMsgOffset+8] {
finalVal += int(transformed[finalMsgOffset+i]) * int(math.Pow10(8-1-i))
}
return fmt.Sprintf("Embedded message in the final output list: %s%d%s", u.TextBold, finalVal, u.TextReset)
}