advent24/Advent24/Day2.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection.Emit;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Advent24
{
    internal class Day2
    {
        private static Boolean ReportIsSafe(String[] levelsArray, Int32? levelIndexToSkip = null)
        {
            Int32 currentLevel;
            Int32? previousLevel = null;
            Int32 differenceInLevels = 0;
            Boolean? isIncreasing = null;
            Boolean reportIsSafe = true;

            Int32 currentLevelIndex = 0;

            foreach (var level in levelsArray)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0:s} {1:d}", "    level = ", level);

                // if there is no elementIndexToSkip, assume sentinel value -1
                // so that it never matches the currentElementIndex
                if((levelIndexToSkip ?? -1) == currentLevelIndex)
                {
                    // assume current element doesn't exist, so the previous
                    // element should remain what it was

                    Console.WriteLine("{0:s} {1:d}", "    currentLevelIndex (skipped) = ", currentLevelIndex);

                    // if (currentLevelIndex != 0) Console.ReadKey();

                    // increment the currentElementIndex and short-circuit the loop
                    currentLevelIndex++;
                    continue;
                }

                currentLevel = System.Convert.ToInt32(level);

                if (currentLevel > (previousLevel ?? 0))
                {
                    // first time, so can't tell trend
                    if (!previousLevel.HasValue) isIncreasing = null;
                    else if ((!isIncreasing) ?? false)
                    {
                        // level was decreasing but is now increasing, so report is unsafe
                        reportIsSafe = false;
                        break;
                    }
                    else isIncreasing = true;
                    differenceInLevels = currentLevel - (previousLevel ?? 0);
                }
                else if (currentLevel < (previousLevel ?? 0))
                {
                    // first time, so can't tell trend
                    if (!previousLevel.HasValue) isIncreasing = null;
                    else if (isIncreasing ?? false)
                    {
                        // level was increasing but is now decreasing, so report is unsafe
                        reportIsSafe = false;
                        break;
                    }
                    else isIncreasing = false;
                    differenceInLevels = (previousLevel ?? 0) - currentLevel;
                }
                else if (previousLevel.HasValue)
                {
                    // both currentLevel and previousLevel are equal, so report is unsafe
                    reportIsSafe = false;
                    break;
                }

                Console.WriteLine("{0:s} {1:d}", "    differenceInLevels = ", differenceInLevels);
                Console.WriteLine("{0:s} {1:d}", "    isIncreasing = ", isIncreasing);

                // control reaches this line if currentLevel = previousLevel
                // or if it was previously increasing/decreasing and is also 
                // currently increasing/decreasing

                // confirm that it isn't first time, so a difference in levels is conceptually valid
                if (previousLevel.HasValue)
                {
                    // difference in levels is outside the safe band, so report is unsafe
                    if (differenceInLevels < 1 || differenceInLevels > 3)
                    {
                        reportIsSafe = false;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                // control reaches this line if report has not been proven unsafe yet

                // updating previousLevel in preparation for the next iteration
                previousLevel = currentLevel;

                // incrementing the current-element-number indicator
                currentLevelIndex++;
            }

            return reportIsSafe;
        }

        public Day2()
        {
            string fileData = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"..\..\..\inputd2.txt");
            var reportsArray = fileData.Split('\n', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

            Int32 numberOfSafeReports = 0;


            foreach (var report in reportsArray)
            {
                if (System.String.IsNullOrEmpty(report)) continue;
                
                Console.WriteLine("{0:s} {1:d}", "report = ", report);

                var levelsArray = report.Split(' ');

                Int32 numberOfLevels = levelsArray.Length;
                Boolean reportIsSafe = false;

                // iterate through each index to check subreports
                // for safety
                for (Int32 i = 0; i < numberOfLevels; i++)
                {
                    // check if the current subreport is safe
                    reportIsSafe = ReportIsSafe(levelsArray, i);

                    // if any subreport is safe, the report is safe,
                    // so we don't need to check any of the other
                    // subreports and can break
                    if (reportIsSafe) break;
                }

                // check full report for safety if report is still not proven safe
                if (!reportIsSafe)
                {
                    reportIsSafe = ReportIsSafe(levelsArray);
                }

                Console.WriteLine("{0:s} {1:d}", "    reportIsSafe = ", reportIsSafe);
                // if report has not been proven unsafe, then it must be safe
                if (reportIsSafe) numberOfSafeReports++;
            }
            
            Console.WriteLine("{0:s} {1:d}", "numberOfSafeReports = ", numberOfSafeReports);

            // to make sure the console window doesn't disappear
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}