Day 23: Part 2

Rewrite with a linked list and pointer cache because array allocation was optimistic at best

Signed-off-by: James Griffin <james@unsupervised.ca>

main.go

@@ -97,4 +97,5 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Day 23
 	fmt.Println(twentythree.PartOne())
+	fmt.Println(twentythree.PartTwo())
 }

twentythree/day_twentythree.go

@@ -5,100 +5,131 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 )
 
+type cup struct {
+	id   int
+	next *cup
+}
+
 type game struct {
-	cups       []int
+	currentCup *cup
-	currentCup int
+	cups       int
-	highestCup int
+	index      map[int]*cup
 }
 
 func (g *game) load(input string) error {
-	for _, c := range input {
+	if len(input) < 1 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Cannot parse empty input")
+	}
+	g.cups = len(input)
+
+	g.index = map[int]*cup{}
+	g.currentCup = &cup{}
+	cp := g.currentCup
+	for i, c := range input {
 		cupNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(string(c))
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if cupNumber > g.highestCup {
-			g.highestCup = cupNumber
-		}
-		g.cups = append(g.cups, cupNumber)
-	}
 
-	if len(g.cups) > 0 {
+		cp.id = cupNumber
-		g.currentCup = g.cups[0]
+		g.index[cp.id] = cp
+
+		if i != g.cups-1 {
+			cp.next = &cup{}
+			cp = cp.next
+		} else {
+			cp.next = g.currentCup
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (g *game) play(moves int) string {
+func (g *game) milliload(input string) error {
-	for i := 0; i < moves; i++ {
+	if err := g.load(input); err != nil {
-		// pickup cups
+		return err
-		pickup := g.cups[1:4]
-		remaining := []int{g.cups[0]}
-		remaining = append(remaining, g.cups[4:]...)
-		g.cups = remaining
-
-		// find destination cup
-		destination := false
-		destinationIndex := -1
-		t := g.currentCup - 1
-		for !destination {
-			if t <= 0 {
-				t = g.highestCup
-			}
-
-			for i := 1; i < len(g.cups); i++ {
-				if g.cups[i] == t {
-					destinationIndex = i
-					break
-				}
-			}
-
-			if destinationIndex != -1 {
-				destination = true
-			}
-			t--
-		}
-
-		// place cups
-		newOrder := []int{}
-		for _, c := range remaining[:destinationIndex+1] {
-			newOrder = append(newOrder, c)
-		}
-		newOrder = append(newOrder, pickup...)
-		for _, c := range remaining[destinationIndex+1:] {
-			newOrder = append(newOrder, c)
-		}
-		g.cups = newOrder
-
-		// Update current cup
-		g.cups = g.cups[1:]
-		g.cups = append(g.cups, g.currentCup)
-		g.currentCup = g.cups[0]
 	}
 
-	return g.output()
+	start := g.currentCup.next
+	for start.next != g.currentCup {
+		start = start.next
+	}
+
+	for g.cups != 1000000 {
+		start.next = &cup{
+			id: g.cups + 1,
+		}
+		g.index[start.next.id] = start.next
+		g.cups++
+		start = start.next
+	}
+	start.next = g.currentCup
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func destination(cups, possible, missing1, missing2, missing3 int) int {
+	d := possible
+	if d <= 0 {
+		d = cups
+	}
+
+	if d == missing1 || d == missing2 || d == missing3 {
+		return destination(cups, d-1, missing1, missing2, missing3)
+	}
+
+	return d
+}
+
+func (g *game) play(moves int, output bool) string {
+	for i := 0; i < moves; i++ {
+		// pickup cups
+		pickup := g.currentCup.next
+		g.currentCup.next = g.currentCup.next.next.next.next
+
+		// find destination cup
+		dp := g.index[destination(g.cups, g.currentCup.id-1, pickup.id, pickup.next.id, pickup.next.next.id)]
+
+		// place cups
+		pickup.next.next.next = dp.next
+		dp.next = pickup
+
+		g.currentCup = g.currentCup.next
+	}
+
+	if output {
+		return g.output()
+	}
+
+	return ""
 }
 
 func (g *game) output() string {
-	state := []int{}
+	cp := g.index[1].next
-	for i, c := range g.cups {
-		if c == 1 {
-			state = append(state, g.cups[i+1:]...)
-			state = append(state, g.cups[:i]...)
-		}
-	}
 	output := ""
-	for _, n := range state {
+	for g.index[1] != cp {
-		output += fmt.Sprintf("%d", n)
+		output += fmt.Sprintf("%d", cp.id)
+		cp = cp.next
 	}
 
 	return output
 }
 
+func (g *game) starProduct() int {
+	return g.index[1].next.id * g.index[1].next.next.id
+}
+
 // PartOne What are the labels on the cups after cup 1
 func PartOne() string {
 	g := game{}
 	g.load("418976235")
-	return g.play(100)
+	return g.play(100, true)
+}
+
+// PartTwo What is the product of the two cups clockwise of cup 1
+func PartTwo() string {
+	g := game{}
+	g.milliload("418976235")
+	g.play(10000000, false)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("The start product is %d", g.starProduct())
 }

twentythree/day_twentythree_test.go

@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@ func Test_load_input(t *testing.T) {
 	g := game{}
 	g.load("32415")
 
-	if len(g.cups) != 5 {
+	if g.cups != 5 {
-		t.Logf("Expected 5 cups. Got %d", len(g.cups))
+		t.Logf("Expected 5 cups. Got %d", g.cups)
-		t.FailNow()
-	}
-
-	if g.highestCup != 5 {
-		t.Logf("Expected highest cup to be 5, found %d", g.highestCup)
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
 }
@@ -21,17 +16,12 @@ func Test_10_moves(t *testing.T) {
 	g := game{}
 	g.load("389125467")
 
-	if len(g.cups) != 9 {
+	if g.cups != 9 {
-		t.Logf("Expected 9 cups. Got %d", len(g.cups))
+		t.Logf("Expected 9 cups. Got %d", g.cups)
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
 
-	if g.highestCup != 9 {
+	tenMoves := g.play(10, true)
-		t.Logf("Expected highest cup to be 9, found %d", g.highestCup)
-		t.FailNow()
-	}
-
-	tenMoves := g.play(10)
 	if tenMoves != "92658374" {
 		t.Logf("Expected \"92658374\" but found %q", tenMoves)
 		t.FailNow()
@@ -42,19 +32,31 @@ func Test_100_moves(t *testing.T) {
 	g := game{}
 	g.load("389125467")
 
-	if len(g.cups) != 9 {
+	if g.cups != 9 {
-		t.Logf("Expected 9 cups. Got %d", len(g.cups))
+		t.Logf("Expected 9 cups. Got %d", g.cups)
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
 
-	if g.highestCup != 9 {
+	hundredMoves := g.play(100, true)
-		t.Logf("Expected highest cup to be 9, found %d", g.highestCup)
-		t.FailNow()
-	}
-
-	hundredMoves := g.play(100)
 	if hundredMoves != "67384529" {
 		t.Logf("Expected \"67384529\" but found %q", hundredMoves)
 		t.FailNow()
 	}
-}
+}
+
+func Test_10million_moves(t *testing.T) {
+	g := game{}
+	g.milliload("389125467")
+
+	if g.cups != 1000000 {
+		t.Logf("Expected 1000000 cups. Got %d", g.cups)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+
+	g.play(10000000, false)
+	starProduct := g.starProduct()
+	if starProduct != 149245887792 {
+		t.Logf("Expected 149245887792 but got produc %q", 149245887792)
+		t.FailNow()
+	}
+}