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Output final distance
Also minor code cleanup
author | IBBoard <dev@ibboard.co.uk> |
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date | Fri, 20 Sep 2024 20:30:11 +0100 |
parents | ca54f9702892 |
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#! /usr/bin/env ruby require 'prime' if ARGV.length != 1 abort("Incorrect arguments - needs input file") elsif not File.exist? (ARGV[0]) abort("File #{ARGV[0]} did not exist") end file = ARGV[0] MovingObject = Struct.new(:x, :y, :z, :dx, :dy, :dz) Position = Struct.new(:x, :y, :z) objects = File.open(file, "r").each_line(chomp: true).map do |line| pos, vel = line.split(" @ ") position = pos.split(", ").map(&:to_f) velocity = vel.split(",").map(&:to_f) MovingObject.new(position[0], position[1], position[2], velocity[0], velocity[1], velocity[2]) end # Lots of answers talking about "gaussian elimination" and other maths, or use external libraries # But some people pointed out that if there's two objects moving at the same speed in a given direction # then the new object must move at some factor of the difference between their starting points # so that it can cover the other two dimensions between them matches = objects.combination(2).filter {|a,b| a.dx == b.dx || a.dy == b.dy || a.dz == b.dz}.group_by {|a,b| [a.dx == b.dx, a.dy == b.dy, a.dz == b.dz]} puts "#{matches}" x_objs = matches[[true,false,false]] y_objs = matches[[false,true,false]] z_objs = matches[[false,false,true]] x_dist = (x_objs[0][0].x - x_objs[0][1].x).abs.to_i y_dist = (y_objs[0][0].y - y_objs[0][1].y).abs.to_i z_dist = (z_objs[0][0].z - z_objs[0][1].z).abs.to_i puts "Starting distance gap: same x = #{x_dist}; same y = #{y_dist}; same z = #{z_dist}" puts "GCD of x and y: #{x_dist.gcd(y_dist)}" puts "GCD of x and z: #{x_dist.gcd(z_dist)}" puts "GCD of x, y and z: #{x_dist.gcd(y_dist).gcd(z_dist)}" # We can't use lowest common factor/greatest common divisor # So try prime divisors that people talk about. # (DistanceDifference % (RockVelocity-HailVelocity) = 0 x_candidates = x_objs.reduce(nil) do |accum, pair| a, b = pair x_diff = (a.x - b.x).abs.to_i if x_diff > 0 candidates = (1..1000).map {|i| x_diff % i == 0 ? i + a.dx.abs : nil}.compact puts "#{x_diff} => #{candidates}" accum.nil? ? candidates : accum & candidates else accum end end puts x_candidates