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Day 6: Guard Gallivant

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  • Kotlin

    Not much inspiration. Brute forcing my way through today's level.

    Solution
    typealias Grid = List<List<Char>>
    
    private val up: Char = '^'
    private val down: Char = 'v'
    private val left: Char = '<'
    private val right: Char = '>'
    private val obstacle: Char = '#'
    private val directions: Set<Char> = setOf(up, down, left, right)
    
    data class Position(
        var direction: Char,
        var row: Int,
        var col: Int,
        val visited: MutableSet<Pair<Int, Int>> = mutableSetOf(),
        val history: MutableSet<Triple<Char, Int, Int>> = mutableSetOf(),
    ) {
        override fun toString(): String = "Position(direction: $direction, position: ($row,$col))"
    }
    
    fun part1(input: String): Int {
        val grid: Grid = input.lines().map(String::toList)
        val position = findStartPosition(grid)
        while (!isEndPosition(position, grid)) {
            moveOrTurn(position, grid)
        }
        return position.visited.size
    }
    
    fun part2(input: String): Int {
        var loops = 0
        for (i in input.indices) {
            if (input[i] != '.') {
                continue
            }
            val sb = StringBuilder(input)
            sb.setCharAt(i, obstacle)
            val grid: Grid = sb.toString().lines().map(String::toList)
            val position = findStartPosition(grid)
            while (!isEndPosition(position, grid)) {
                moveOrTurn(position, grid)
                if (isLoop(position)) {
                    loops++
                    break
                }
            }
        }
        return loops
    }
    
    private fun findStartPosition(grid: Grid): Position {
        for (row in grid.indices) {
            for (col in grid[row].indices) {
                val c = grid[row][col]
                if (directions.contains(c)) {
                    val pos = Position(c, row, col)
                    pos.visited.add(Pair(row, col))
                    return pos
                }
            }
        }
        throw IllegalStateException("No start position found")
    }
    
    private fun isEndPosition(position: Position, grid: Grid): Boolean {
        return position.row == 0 || position.col == 0
                || position.row == grid.size - 1 || position.col == grid.size - 1
    }
    
    private fun isLoop(position: Position): Boolean {
        return position.history.contains(Triple(position.direction, position.row, position.col))
    }
    
    private fun moveOrTurn(position: Position, grid: Grid) {
        position.history.add(Triple(position.direction, position.row, position.col))
    
        when (position.direction) {
            up ->
                if (grid[position.row - 1][position.col] == obstacle)
                    position.direction = right
                else
                    position.row--
    
            right ->
                if (grid[position.row][position.col + 1] == obstacle)
                    position.direction = down
                else
                    position.col++
    
            down ->
                if (grid[position.row + 1][position.col] == obstacle)
                    position.direction = left
                else
                    position.row++
    
            left ->
                if (grid[position.row][position.col - 1] == obstacle)
                    position.direction = up
                else
                    position.col--
    
            else -> throw IllegalStateException("Invalid direction, cannot move")
        }
    
        position.visited.add(Pair(position.row, position.col))
    }
    
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