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Add "inside the loop" counting for day 10 part 2 Use the "how many lines do we cross?" approach. We also need extra state for "am I actually inside a line, or did it just revert back on itself". Slightly slow, but not terrible.
author IBBoard <dev@ibboard.co.uk>
date Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:26:12 +0000
parents 9da7a71b313d
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#! /usr/bin/env ruby

require 'set'

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]
# Ruby arrays auto-magically grow when you set any index!
card_counts = Array.new

def add(array, index, value)
	array[index].nil? ? value : array[index] + value
end

sum = 0
File.open(file, "r").each_line(chomp: true).with_index do |line, index|
	card_counts[index] = add(card_counts, index, 1)
	card_count = card_counts[index]
	winning_number_str, our_number_str = line.split(":")[1].split("|").map(&:chomp)
	winning_numbers = Set.new(winning_number_str.split(" ").map(&:to_i))
	our_numbers = Set.new(our_number_str.split(" ").map(&:to_i))
	our_winning_numbers = winning_numbers & our_numbers
	if our_winning_numbers.length > 0
#		puts "Increase #{index + 1} to #{index + our_winning_numbers.length} by #{card_count}"
#		puts (1..our_winning_numbers.length)
		(1..our_winning_numbers.length).each {|v| card_counts[index + v] = add(card_counts, index + v, card_count)}
	end
end

#puts card_counts
puts card_counts.sum
puts sum