advent-of-code/2024-python/output/__init__.py
Anders Englöf Ytterström 9a7a9c878b Solve 2024:12 p2 "Garden Groups"
Funny that original 2023 day 5 also was a PITA
to figure out.

Pt 1 was solved using BFS to flood-fill. After
trying some different methods for pt 2, including:

- wallcrawling,
- side couting,
- corner counting

I never produced code to get past the test cases.

- Wall crawling are hard due to overlapping
regions.
- corner couting and side counting are both hard,
but will act as equally good solutions (since side
count equals corner count).
- Concave corners are hard, convex corners are
easy.

The final code is based on the posts on the
solutions megathread. Changes:

- Keep all areas in a set, defining a region.
- find all convex and concave corners in each
region.

A new helper got introduced: Di, storing all
diagonal neighbors for grid traversing.

Convex corners:

..  R.  .R  ..
R.  ..  ..  .R

Concave corners:

RR  .R  R.  RR
.R  RR  RR  R.
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import functools
import re
# Directions/Adjacents for 2D matrices, in the order UP, RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT
D = [
(-1, 0),
(0, 1),
(1, 0),
(0, -1),
]
Di = [
(-1, -1),
(-1, 1),
(1, -1),
(1, 1),
]
# Directions for 2D matrices, as a dict with keys U, R, D, L
DD = {
"U": (-1, 0),
"R": (0, 1),
"D": (1, 0),
"L": (0, -1),
}
# Adjacent relative positions including diagonals for 2D matrices, in the order NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
ADJ = [
(-1, -1),
(-1, 0),
(1, -1),
(0, -1),
(0, 1),
(1, 1),
(1, 0),
(1, -1),
]
def ints(s):
"""Extract all integers from a string"""
return [int(n) for n in re.findall(r"\d+", s)]
def mhd(a, b):
"""Calculates the Manhattan distance between 2 positions in the format (y, x) or (x, y)"""
ar, ac = a
br, bc = b
return abs(ar - br) + abs(ac - bc)
def matrix(d):
"""Transform a string into an iterable matrix. Returns the matrix, row count and col count"""
m = [tuple(r) for r in d.split()]
return m, len(m), len(m[0])
def mdbg(m):
"""Print-debug a matrix"""
for r in m:
print("".join(r))
def vdbg(seen, h, w):
"""Print-debug visited positions of a matrix"""
for r in range(h):
print("".join(["#" if (r, c) in seen else "." for c in range(w)]))
def cw(y, x):
"""Flip a (y, x) direction counterwise: U->R, R->D, D->L, L->U.
>>> cw(-1, 0)
(0, 1)
>>> cw(0, 1)
(1, 0)
>>> cw(1, 0)
(0, -1)
>>> cw(0, -1)
(-1, 0)
"""
return (x, y) if y == 0 else (x, -y)
def ccw(y, x):
"""Flip a (y, x) direction counterwise: U->L, L->D, D->R, R->U.
>>> ccw(-1, 0)
(0, -1)
>>> ccw(0, -1)
(1, 0)
>>> ccw(1, 0)
(0, 1)
>>> ccw(0, 1)
(-1, 0)
"""
return (x, y) if x == 0 else (-x, y)
def bfs(S, E=None):
"""BFS algorithm, equal weighted nodes"""
seen = set()
q = [(S, 0)]
g = {} # graph, required to be provided at some point
while q:
m, w = q.pop(0)
if m in seen:
continue
seen.add(m)
# investigate here
for s in g[m]:
q.append((s, w + 1))
# return insights
def dijkstras(grid, start, target):
"""
1. Create an array that holds the distance of each vertex from the starting
vertex. Initially, set this distance to infinity for all vertices except
the starting vertex which should be set to 0.
2. Create a priority queue (heap) and insert the starting vertex with its
distance of 0.
3. While there are still vertices left in the priority queue, select the vertex
with the smallest recorded distance from the starting vertex and visit its
neighboring vertices.
4. For each neighboring vertex, check if it is visited already or not. If it
isnt visited yet, calculate its tentative distance by adding its weight
to the smallest distance found so far for its parent/previous node
(starting vertex in case of first-level vertices).
5. If this tentative distance is smaller than previously recorded value
(if any), update it in our distances array.
6. Finally, add this visited vertex with its updated distance to our priority
queue and repeat step-3 until we have reached our destination or exhausted
all nodes.
"""
import heapq
target = max(grid)
seen = set()
queue = [(start, 0)]
while queue:
cost, pos, direction, steps = heapq.heappop(queue)
y, x = pos
dy, dx = direction
if pos == target:
return cost
if ((pos, "and stuff")) in seen:
continue
seen.add((pos, "and stuff"))
neighbors = []
for n in neighbors:
heapq.heappush(queue, ("stuffs"))
return -1