Day 25: Full of Hot Air
https://adventofcode.com/2022/day/25
TL;DR: my solution in Rust
The expedition reached the last part, a trip to the north pole via hot air balloon!
It is so cold on the mountain that the fuel needs to be pre-heated.
A machine that does this needs to know the total amount to process before it will work.
Today's input is the fuel requirements for each balloon, written in a weird number format.
An example input looks like this:
1=-0-2
12111
2=0=
21
2=01
111
20012
112
1=-1=
1-12
12
1=
122
So the amount the machine (nicknamed "Bob") has to process is the sum of all those numbers.
The numbers are in a format called SNAFU.
It's similar to decimal.
Where decimal is based on powers of 10, SNAFU is based on powers of 5.
- In decimal, starting from the right, you have a ones place, a tens place, a hundreds place, ...
- In SNAFU, starting from the right, you have a ones place, a fives place, a twenty-fives place, ...
The digits are similar too, with two weird ones, -
, and =
.
SNAFU | decimal |
---|---|
0 | 0 |
1 | 1 |
2 | 2 |
- | -1 |
= | -2 |
Some examples converting decimal to SNAFU:
- 10 in decimal is two fives and no ones, in SNAFU it is written 20.
- 8 in decimal iss two fives minus two ones, in SNAFU it is written 2=.
And one in the other direction:
For the SNAFU number 2=-01
-
2
in the 625s place -
=
in the 125s place -
-
in the 25s place -
0
in the 5s place -
1
in the 1s place
(2 * 625) + (-2 * 125) + (-1 * 25) + (0 * 5) + (1 * 1).
That's 1250 + -250 + -25 + 0 + 1.
976
Part 1
The question asks what the SNAFU number you have to supply to "Bob"'s console is.
Helpers
A function that converts SNAFU string to a decimal number.
With a running total that starts at 0:
Look at a single SNAFU digit at a time, converting it to decimal.
To get the new running total: multiply the current running total by 5 and add the converted digit.
fn to_decimal(snafu: &str) -> i64 {
snafu.chars().fold(0, |decimal, snafu_digit| {
let decimal_digit = ['=', '-', '0', '1', '2']
.into_iter()
.position(|c| c == snafu_digit)
.unwrap() as i64
- 2;
decimal * 5 + decimal_digit
})
}
A function that converts a decimal number to a SNAFU string.
Recursion!
It calculates the last SNAFU digit and adds it the the end of all the other SNAFU digits.
It does this by using that base 5/power of 5 property.
Keeping into account SNAFU digits start at -2.
fn to_snafu(decimal: i64) -> String {
if decimal == 0 {
return String::new();
}
let decimal_remainder = decimal % 5;
let snafu_digit = ['0', '1', '2', '=', '-'][decimal_remainder as usize];
let new_decimal = (decimal + 2) / 5;
let mut snafu = to_snafu(new_decimal);
snafu.push(snafu_digit);
snafu
}
Using those helpers, the final code:
- Converts all input SNAFU numbers to decimal.
- Sums all those decimal numbers.
- Converts that decimal sum back to SNAFU.
Final code
pub fn part_1(input: &str) -> String {
let sum = input.lines().map(to_decimal).sum();
to_snafu(sum)
}
fn to_decimal(snafu: &str) -> i64 {
snafu.chars().fold(0, |decimal, snafu_digit| {
let decimal_digit = ['=', '-', '0', '1', '2']
.into_iter()
.position(|c| c == snafu_digit)
.unwrap() as i64
- 2;
decimal * 5 + decimal_digit
})
}
fn to_snafu(decimal: i64) -> String {
if decimal == 0 {
return String::new();
}
let new_decimal = (decimal + 2) / 5;
let mut snafu = to_snafu(new_decimal);
let decimal_remainder = decimal % 5;
let snafu_digit = ['0', '1', '2', '=', '-'][decimal_remainder as usize];
snafu.push(snafu_digit);
snafu
}
Part 2
An Elf hands you a single star.
Combined with the 49 you gathered on the expedition you make a smoothie and deliver it to the reindeer!
Top comments (0)