(defvar input (uiop:read-file-string "5-input")) ;; When we get two newlines, it means the end of the initial state and ;; the start of instructions (defvar parse-separator (search (format nil "~%~%") input)) (defvar initial-state (with-input-from-string (s (subseq input 0 parse-separator)) (loop for line = (read-line s nil) until (null line) collect line))) ;; the last number, indicating the number of stacks (defparameter n-stacks (let ((str (car (last initial-state)))) (parse-integer (subseq str (- (length str) 1))))) (defun default-state () (loop for i from 1 to n-stacks collect nil)) (defvar state (default-state)) #| conjecture: the nth stack, if it has an entry, has '[' beginning at index 4n; base case: the 0th stack must begin at index 0 (if at all) intuition: next stack must start at 0 + 2 (for the stack info) + 1 (for whitespace) + 1 so 4. inductive hypothesis: for the kth stack [ begins at 4k proof of induction claim: from 4k we have the following: 4k+1: symbol 4k+2: ] 4k+3: whitespace 4k+4: data for the (k+1 stack) Immediately 4k+4 = 4(k+1) so by principle of induction we have the conjecture. QED. This gives us all the information we need to make a parser: check every position and see if it has a [ char. If so then parse the data and insert into the index/4th stack!|# (defun parse-initial-state () (loop ;; don't want to parse the last line for j in (remove (car (last initial-state)) initial-state) do (loop for i from 0 for c across j do (if (char= c #\[) (let ((ind (/ i 4)) (sym (subseq j (+ i 1) (+ i 2)))) (setf (nth ind state) (append (nth ind state) (list sym)))))))) ;; Now we have the initial memory layout, we need to parse program code. ;; + 2 because two newlines (defvar instructions-str (subseq input (+ 2 parse-separator))) #| Each command is of the following: move ~n from ~a to ~b. ~n is some natural number of crates, ~a is the stack from which we are taking them and ~b is the stack we are adding them to. Let's define this operation first! |# (defun move-crates (n a b) "Take N number of crates from stack at position A to stack at position B" (let ((stack-a (nth a state)) (stack-b (nth b state))) (if (= n 0) nil (progn ;; Pop the first element off the stack (setf (nth a state) (cdr stack-a)) ;; Then cons that onto b (setf (nth b state) (cons (car stack-a) stack-b)) ;; Recur (move-crates (- n 1) a b))))) (defun parse-instruction-str (instruction) "Given INSTRUCTION of form \"move n from a to b\", return (n (a - 1) (b - 1))" (let ((first (search "move " instruction)) (second (search "from " instruction)) (third (search "to " instruction))) (list (parse-integer (subseq instruction (+ 5 first) (- second 1))) ;; Input assumes crates start at 1, but we need it to start at 0 (- (parse-integer (subseq instruction (+ 5 second) (- third 1))) 1) (- (parse-integer (subseq instruction (+ 3 third))) 1)))) (defun perform-instructions (instructions) (with-input-from-string (s instructions) (loop for line = (read-line s nil) while line collect ;; Parse each instruction then move the crates! (destructuring-bind (n a b) (parse-instruction-str line) (move-crates n a b))))) ;; The answer is simply the first top of each stack (defun first-round () (setq state (default-state)) (parse-initial-state) (perform-instructions instructions-str) (let ((ret (mapcar #'car state))) (setq state (default-state)) (reduce (lambda (s1 s2) (concatenate 'string s1 s2)) ret))) ;; Round 2 is pretty simple: the move-crates algorithm is overhauled ;; to keep movements "in-order". Thankfully I already implemented ;; this by accident when implementing move-crates, so easy! (defun move-crates-2 (n a b) (let ((stack-a (nth a state)) (stack-b (nth b state))) (setf (nth b state) (append (loop for i from 1 to n for j in stack-a collect j) stack-b)) (dotimes (i n) (setf stack-a (cdr stack-a))) (setf (nth a state) stack-a))) (defun perform-instructions-2 (instructions) (with-input-from-string (s instructions) (loop for line = (read-line s nil) until (null line) collect ;; Parse each instruction then move the crates! (destructuring-bind (n a b) (parse-instruction-str line) (move-crates-2 n a b))))) (defun second-round () (setq state (default-state)) (parse-initial-state) (perform-instructions-2 instructions-str) (let ((ret (mapcar #'car state))) (setq state (default-state)) (reduce (lambda (s1 s2) (concatenate 'string s1 s2)) ret)))