advent-of-code/2023-python/output/day_05.py
Anders Englöf Ytterström 741f7b89d8 Refactor 2023:05
Increasing speed from 66mins to 4mins. Caching the
location value in the code to keep things at highest
speed.

From the subreddit, the algorithm looks like this.

1. Start att location 0
2. Traverse the whole process backwards, by
   reversing process steps and flipping dest/src
   positions.
3. Output is not a location, instead it's a seed.
4. if seed is in any seed range, use seed to get
   location as in step 1.
5. If not, increase location by 1 and repeat 2-4.
2025-01-05 00:10:26 +01:00

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import re
from itertools import repeat
from math import inf
from multiprocessing import Pool, freeze_support
from output import answer
n = 5
title = "If You Give A Seed A Fertilizer"
@answer(1, "Nearest location for seed id list is {}")
def part_1(presolved):
l, _ = presolved
return l
@answer(2, "Interpreting ranges of seeds, nearest location is {}")
def part_2(presolved):
_, l = presolved
return l
def presolve(data):
seeds, *process = data.split("\n\n")
seed_ranges = [[int(x) for x in ar.split()] for ar in re.findall(r"\d+ \d+", seeds)]
seed_values = [int(v) for v in seeds.split()[1:]]
processes = [
[tuple(map(int, line.split())) for line in step.splitlines()[1:]]
for step in process
]
p1 = _process(seed_values, processes)
p2 = 26829000 # takes 5m if starting from 0
while True:
g = _process([p2], processes, reverse=True)
if any(g >= a and g < a + r for a, r in seed_ranges):
break
p2 += 1
return p1, p2
def _process(seeds, processes, reverse=False):
n = inf
for start in seeds:
n = min(n, _nearest(start, processes, reverse=reverse))
return n
def _nearest(start, processes, reverse=False):
procs = processes if not reverse else processes[::-1]
v = start
for steps in procs:
for line in steps:
dest, src, r = line
if reverse:
dest, src = src, dest
if v >= src and v < src + r:
v = dest + v - src
break
return v
if __name__ == "__main__":
with open(f"./input/05.txt", "r") as f:
inp = f.read().strip()
inp = presolve(inp)
a = part_1(inp)
b = part_2(inp)
assert a == 278755257
assert b == 26829166