Day 4: Ceres Search
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FAQ
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- Is there a leaderboard for the community?: We have a programming.dev leaderboard with the info on how to join in this post: https://programming.dev/post/6631465
Elixir
defmodule AdventOfCode.Solution.Year2024.Day04 do use AdventOfCode.Solution.SharedParse defmodule Map do defstruct [:chars, :width, :height] end @impl true def parse(input) do chars = String.split(input, "\n", trim: true) |> Enum.map(&String.codepoints/1) %Map{chars: chars, width: length(Enum.at(chars, 0)), height: length(chars)} end def at(%Map{} = map, x, y) do cond do x < 0 or x >= map.width or y < 0 or y >= map.height -> "" true -> map.chars |> Enum.at(y, []) |> Enum.at(x, "") end end def part1(map) do dirs = for dx <- -1..1, dy <- -1..1, {dx, dy} != {0, 0}, do: {dx, dy} xmas = String.codepoints("XMAS") |> Enum.with_index() |> Enum.drop(1) for x <- 0..(map.width - 1), y <- 0..(map.height - 1), "X" == at(map, x, y), {dx, dy} <- dirs, xmas |> Enum.all?(fn {c, n} -> at(map, x + dx * n, y + dy * n) == c end), reduce: 0 do t -> t + 1 end end def part2(map) do for x <- 0..(map.width - 1), y <- 0..(map.height - 1), "A" == at(map, x, y), (at(map, x - 1, y - 1) <> at(map, x + 1, y + 1)) in ["MS", "SM"], (at(map, x - 1, y + 1) <> at(map, x + 1, y - 1)) in ["MS", "SM"], reduce: 0 do t -> t + 1 end end end