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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection.Emit;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.IO.Compression;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace Advent24
{
internal class Day6
{
private static Boolean simulateGuardPath(String map, ref HashSet<Int32> visited, Int32 newObstacleLinearPosition = -1)
{
// get width of line to be able to navigate the text block in
// both dimensions
Int32 mapWidth = map.IndexOf('\n');
Int32 guardLinearPosition = 0;
Int32 guardDirection = 0; //1 = up, 2 = right, 3 = down, 4 = left
// counts the number of times we go forward in time without
Int32 numberOfIterationsWithoutNewVisits = 0;
Int32 previousNumberOfVisitedPositions = 0;
Int32 numberOfDirectionChanges = 0;
Boolean guardIsInMapBoundary = true;
Boolean wasInfiniteLoop = false;
// Find the initial position and direction of the guard
guardLinearPosition = map.IndexOf('^');
if (guardLinearPosition != -1) // in up direction
{
guardDirection = 1;
// invalid new obstacle position, so return prematurely with
// the assumption that it didn't lead to an infinite loop
if (newObstacleLinearPosition == guardLinearPosition)
return false; // assumed value of wasInfiniteLoop
}
else // not in up direction
{
guardLinearPosition = map.IndexOf('>');
if (guardLinearPosition != -1) // in right direction
guardDirection = 2;
else // not in up or right direction
{
guardLinearPosition = map.IndexOf('v');
if (guardLinearPosition != -1) // in down direction
guardDirection = 3;
else // not in up, right or down direction
{
guardLinearPosition = map.IndexOf('<');
if (guardLinearPosition != -1) // in left direction
guardDirection = 4;
else // guard not found
{
guardDirection = -1;
guardIsInMapBoundary = false;
}
}
}
}
// add intiial guard linear position
if (guardIsInMapBoundary) visited.Add(guardLinearPosition);
while (guardIsInMapBoundary)
{
// check next position of guard
// top
if (guardDirection == 1)
{
// if obstacle detected
if (guardLinearPosition - (mapWidth + 1) >= 0 &&
(
map[guardLinearPosition - (mapWidth + 1)] == '#' ||
guardLinearPosition - (mapWidth + 1) == newObstacleLinearPosition
))
{
// turn 90 deg clockwise
guardDirection = 2;
numberOfDirectionChanges++;
}
// no obstacle detected
else
// go up one position
guardLinearPosition -= mapWidth + 1;
}
// right
else if (guardDirection == 2)
{
// if obstacle detected
if (guardLinearPosition + 1 < map.Length &&
(
map[guardLinearPosition + 1] == '#' ||
guardLinearPosition + 1 == newObstacleLinearPosition
))
{
// turn 90 deg clockwise
guardDirection = 3;
numberOfDirectionChanges++;
}
// no obstacle detected
else
// go up one position
guardLinearPosition += 1;
}
// down
else if (guardDirection == 3)
{
// if obstacle detected
if (guardLinearPosition + (mapWidth + 1) < map.Length &&
(
map[guardLinearPosition + (mapWidth + 1)] == '#' ||
guardLinearPosition + (mapWidth + 1) == newObstacleLinearPosition
))
{
// turn 90 deg clockwise
guardDirection = 4;
numberOfDirectionChanges++;
}
// no obstacle detected
else
// go up one position
guardLinearPosition += (mapWidth + 1);
}
// left
else if (guardDirection == 4)
{
// if obstacle detected
if (guardLinearPosition - 1 >= 0 &&
(
map[guardLinearPosition - 1] == '#' ||
guardLinearPosition - 1 == newObstacleLinearPosition
))
{
// turn 90 deg clockwise
guardDirection = 1;
numberOfDirectionChanges++;
}
// no obstacle detected
else
// go up one position
guardLinearPosition -= 1;
}
// right and left boundary check
if (guardLinearPosition > map.Length ||
guardLinearPosition < 0 ||
map[guardLinearPosition] == '\n')
guardIsInMapBoundary = false;
// top and bottom boundary check
if (guardLinearPosition < 0 ||
guardLinearPosition >= map.Length)
guardIsInMapBoundary = false;
// if boundary check passes, add position to visited
if (guardIsInMapBoundary)
{
previousNumberOfVisitedPositions = visited.Count;
visited.Add(guardLinearPosition);
}
// if there is no change in the number of visited positions
if (previousNumberOfVisitedPositions == visited.Count)
{
numberOfIterationsWithoutNewVisits++;
// we've followed the whole path again, of which a good approximation is
// that the number of unique visited positions plus the number of times
// the direction has changes is equal to the number of iterations without new
// visits - this will undercount intersections
if (numberOfIterationsWithoutNewVisits > (visited.Count + numberOfDirectionChanges))
{
// Console.WriteLine(" numberOfIterationsWithoutNewVisits = {0:d}", numberOfIterationsWithoutNewVisits);
wasInfiniteLoop = true;
break;
}
}
}
return wasInfiniteLoop;
}
public Day6()
{
String fileData = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"..\..\..\inputd6.txt");
// set of visited linearPositions
HashSet<Int32> visited = [];
simulateGuardPath(fileData, ref visited);
Int32 numberOfDistinctPositions = visited.Count;
Console.WriteLine("numberOfDistinctPositions = {0:d}", numberOfDistinctPositions);
Int32 numberOfViableNewObstaclePositions = 0;
Boolean wasInfiniteLoop;
// a set of unchecked linearPositions
HashSet<Int32> uncheckedLinearPositions = [.. visited];
// a set of alreaedy-checked linearPositions
HashSet<Int32> checkedLinearPositions = [];
Int32 previousUncheckedLinearPositionsCount = uncheckedLinearPositions.Count;
// while there are unchecked visited positions
while (uncheckedLinearPositions.Count > 0)
{
// clear visited hashset for a fresh start per iteration
visited.Clear();
// get first non-checked linear position
var firstNonCheckedLinearPosition = uncheckedLinearPositions.First();
wasInfiniteLoop = simulateGuardPath(fileData, ref visited, firstNonCheckedLinearPosition);
// if the guard is in a loop, we have a viable obstacle position
if (wasInfiniteLoop)
numberOfViableNewObstaclePositions++;
// update checkedLinearPositions
checkedLinearPositions.Add(firstNonCheckedLinearPosition);
// remove already-checked linear positions from visited
// so it only has new positions to add to our uncheckedLinearPositions
visited.ExceptWith(checkedLinearPositions);
previousUncheckedLinearPositionsCount = uncheckedLinearPositions.Count;
// update uncheckedLinearPositions to remove firstNonCheckedLinearPosition
// and add newly visisted linear positions
uncheckedLinearPositions.Remove(firstNonCheckedLinearPosition);
uncheckedLinearPositions.UnionWith(visited);
// if (uncheckedLinearPositions.Count > previousUncheckedLinearPositionsCount)
// Console.WriteLine("(change) uncheckedLinearPositions.Count = {0:d}", uncheckedLinearPositions.Count - previousUncheckedLinearPositionsCount);
}
Console.WriteLine("numberOfViableNewObstaclePositions = {0:d}", numberOfViableNewObstaclePositions);
// to keep the console window from closing
Console.ReadKey();
}
}
}

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//_ = new Day2();
//_ = new Day3();
//_ = new Day4();
_ = new Day5();
// _ = new Day5();
_ = new Day6();
}
}
}

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