use std::fs; use std::path::Path; use std::collections::HashMap; use std::iter::FromIterator; type Expand = (char,char); type Rules = HashMap<(char,char),char>; type Frequency = HashMap; type FrequencyMap = HashMap; /* AOC21 Day 14: https://adventofcode.com/2021/day/14 */ fn main() { let input = Path::new("resources").join("input.txt"); let content = fs::read_to_string(input).expect("Unable to read input file"); let (template,rules) = content.split_once("\n\n").expect("Malformed input"); let rules = Rules::from_iter(rules.lines().map(|l| { let (from,to) = l.split_once(" -> ").expect("Malformed input"); let chars = from.chars().collect::>(); ((chars[0],chars[1]),to.parse().unwrap()) })); let mut frequency = FrequencyMap::new(); rules.iter().for_each(|(&(a,b),&c)| { let mut map = HashMap::new(); map.insert(c,1); frequency.insert((a,b),map); }); (1..10).for_each(|_| frequency = expand(&frequency, &rules)); println!("Ex1: the result is {}", template_frequency(template, &frequency)); (0..30).for_each(|_| frequency = expand(&frequency, &rules)); println!("Ex2: the result is {}", template_frequency(template, &frequency)); } fn expand(frequency: &FrequencyMap, rules: &Rules) -> FrequencyMap { let mut freq2 = FrequencyMap::new(); rules.iter().for_each(|(&(a,b),&c)| { let mut map = merge(frequency.get(&(a,c)).unwrap(), frequency.get(&(c,b)).unwrap()); *map.entry(c).or_default() += 1; *freq2.entry((a,b)).or_default() = map; }); freq2 } fn template_frequency(template: &str, frequency: &FrequencyMap) -> u128 { let mut freq = HashMap::new(); template.chars().for_each(|c| *freq.entry(c).or_default() += 1); freq = template.chars().collect::>() .as_slice().windows(2) .fold(freq, |acc, w| merge(&acc, frequency.get(&(w[0],w[1])).unwrap()) ); freq.values().max().unwrap() - freq.values().min().unwrap() } fn merge(a: &Frequency, b: &Frequency) -> Frequency { let mut map = a.clone(); b.iter().for_each(|(&k,&v)| *map.entry(k).or_default() += v); map }