Day 19 - Linen Layout
Megathread guidelines
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FAQ
- What is this?: Here is a post with a large amount of details: https://programming.dev/post/6637268
- Where do I participate?: https://adventofcode.com/
- Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465
C#
public class Day19 : Solver { private string[] designs; private class Node { public Dictionary<char, Node> Children = []; public bool Terminal = false; } private Node root; public void Presolve(string input) { List<string> lines = [.. input.Trim().Split("\n")]; designs = lines[2..].ToArray(); root = new(); foreach (var pattern in lines[0].Split(", ")) { Node cur = root; foreach (char ch in pattern) { cur.Children.TryAdd(ch, new()); cur = cur.Children[ch]; } cur.Terminal = true; } } private long CountMatches(Node cur, Node root, string d) { if (d.Length == 0) return cur.Terminal ? 1 : 0; if (!cur.Children.TryGetValue(d[0], out var child)) return 0; return CountMatches(child, root, d[1..]) + (child.Terminal ? CountMatches(root, d[1..]) : 0); } private readonly Dictionary<string, long> cache = []; private long CountMatches(Node root, string d) { if (cache.TryGetValue(d, out var cached_match)) return cached_match; long match = CountMatches(root, root, d); cache[d] = match; return match; } public string SolveFirst() => designs.Where(d => CountMatches(root, d) > 0).Count().ToString(); public string SolveSecond() => designs.Select(d => CountMatches(root, d)).Sum().ToString(); }