Day 4: Ceres Search

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  • hades@lemm.ee
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    19 days ago

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    public class Day04 : Solver
    {
      private int width, height;
      private char[,] data;
    
      public void Presolve(string input) {
        var lines = input.Trim().Split("\n").ToList();
        height = lines.Count;
        width = lines[0].Length;
        data = new char[height, width];
        for (int i = 0; i < height; i++) {
          for (int j = 0; j < width; j++) {
            data[i, j] = lines[i][j];
          }
        }
      }
    
      private static readonly string word = "XMAS";
    
      public string SolveFirst()
      {
        int counter = 0;
        for (int start_i = 0; start_i < height; start_i++) {
          for (int start_j = 0; start_j < width; start_j++) {
            if (data[start_i, start_j] != word[0]) continue;
            for (int di = -1; di <= 1; di++) {
              for (int dj = -1; dj <= 1; dj++) {
                if (di == 0 && dj == 0) continue;
                int end_i = start_i + di * (word.Length - 1);
                int end_j = start_j + dj * (word.Length - 1);
                if (end_i < 0 || end_j < 0 || end_i >= height || end_j >= width) continue;
                for (int k = 1; k < word.Length; k++) {
                  if (data[start_i + di * k, start_j + dj * k] != word[k]) break;
                  if (k == word.Length - 1) counter++;
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
        return counter.ToString();
      }
    
      public string SolveSecond()
      {
        int counter = 0;
        for (int start_i = 1; start_i < height - 1; start_i++) {
          for (int start_j = 1; start_j < width - 1; start_j++) {
            if (data[start_i, start_j] != 'A') continue;
            int even_mas_starts = 0;
            for (int di = -1; di <= 1; di++) {
              for (int dj = -1; dj <= 1; dj++) {
                if (di == 0 && dj == 0) continue;
                if ((di + dj) % 2 != 0) continue;
                if (data[start_i + di, start_j + dj] != 'M') continue;
                if (data[start_i - di, start_j - dj] != 'S') continue;
                even_mas_starts++;
              }
            }
            if (even_mas_starts == 2) counter++;
          }
        }
        return counter.ToString();
      }
    }