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aocutil/2021/14.js
2022-11-25 23:12:04 +00:00

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function getNum(letter) {
return letter.charCodeAt(0) - "A".charCodeAt(0)
}
function day14(input, part2) {
let lines = input.split("\n").splitOnElement("")
let init = lines[0][0].split("")
let rules = lines[1].map((e) => e.split(" -> "))
let counts = {}
for (let i = 0; i < init.length - 1; i++) {
let substr = init[i] + init[i + 1]
counts[substr] = (counts[substr] || 0) + 1
}
for (let i = 0; i < (part2 ? 40 : 10); i++) {
let changes = {}
for (let rule of rules) {
let target = rule[0][0] + rule[0][1]
let left = rule[0][0] + rule[1]
let right = rule[1] + rule[0][1]
changes[left] = (changes[left] || 0) + (counts[target] || 0)
changes[right] = (changes[right] || 0) + (counts[target] || 0)
changes[target] = (changes[target] || 0) - (counts[target] || 0)
}
for (let pair in changes) {
counts[pair] = (counts[pair] || 0) + changes[pair]
}
}
// this double counts all letters except the first and last so we add one to those and / 2 at end
let letters = Array(26).fill(0)
letters[getNum(init[0])]++
letters[getNum(init[init.length - 1])]++
for (let pair in counts) {
letters[getNum(pair[0])] += counts[pair]
letters[getNum(pair[1])] += counts[pair]
}
letters = letters.truthy()
return (letters.max() - letters.min()) / 2
}
if (typeof window == "undefined") {
module.exports = day14
}