{ Solutions to the Advent Of Code. Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Stefan Müller This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . } unit UBigInt; {$mode ObjFPC}{$H+} interface uses Classes, SysUtils, Math; type TDigits = array of Cardinal; { TBigInt } // This is an abbreviated reimplementation in Freepascal of a C# class created in 2022. TBigInt = object private FDigits: TDigits; FIsNegative: Boolean; function GetSign: Integer; // Copies consecutive digits from this BigInt to create a new one. The result will be positive. Leading zeros are // removed from the result, but AIndex + ACount must not exceed the number of digits of this BigInt. // AIndex is the first (least significant) digit to be taken. The digit with this index will become the 0th digit of // the new BigInt. // ACount is the number of consecutive digits to be taken, and the number of digits of the result. function GetSegment(const AIndex, ACount: Integer): TBigInt; // Compares the absolute value of this TBigInt object to the absolute value of another one. Returns -1 if this // object is less than AOther, 1 if this object is greater than AOther, and 0 if they are equal. function CompareToAbsoluteValues(constref AOther: TBigInt): Integer; class function GetZero: TBigInt; static; // Adds A and B, ignoring their signs and using ReturnNegative instead. The result is // Sign * (Abs(A) + Abs(B)), // where Sign is 1 for ReturnNegative = False and -1 otherwise. class function AddAbsoluteValues(constref AA, AB: TBigInt; const AReturnNegative: Boolean): TBigInt; static; // Subtracts B from A, ignoring their signs. However, the result might be negative, and the sign can be reversed by // setting ReturnNegative to True. The result is // Sign * (Abs(A) - Abs(B)), // where Sign is 1 for ReturnNegative = False and -1 otherwise. class function SubtractAbsoluteValues(constref AA, AB: TBigInt; const AReturnNegative: Boolean): TBigInt; static; // Multiplies A and B, ignoring their signs and using ReturnNegative instead. This multiplication uses a recursive // implementation of the Karatsuba algorithm. See // https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/karatsuba-algorithm-for-fast-multiplication-using-divide-and-conquer-algorithm/ // The result is // Sign * (Abs(a) * Abs(b)) // where Sign is 1 for ReturnNegative = False and -1 otherwise. class function MultiplyAbsoluteValues(constref AA, AB: TBigInt; const AReturnNegative: Boolean): TBigInt; static; class function FromHexOrBinString(const AValue: string; const AFromBase: Integer): TBigInt; static; class function ConvertDigitBlock(const AValue: string; var AStartIndex: Integer; const ACharBlockSize, AFromBase: Integer): Cardinal; public property IsNegative: Boolean read FIsNegative; property Sign: Integer read GetSign; class property Zero: TBigInt read GetZero; // Returns the index of the most significant bit, i.e. returns integer k, where 2^k is the largest power of 2 that // is less than or equal to the absolute value of the number itself. Returns -1 if the given number is 0. function GetMostSignificantBitIndex: Int64; function CompareTo(constref AOther: TBigInt): Integer; function TryToInt64(out AOutput: Int64): Boolean; // TODO: ToString is currently for debug output only. function ToString: string; class function FromInt64(const AValue: Int64): TBigInt; static; class function FromHexadecimalString(const AValue: string): TBigInt; static; class function FromBinaryString(const AValue: string): TBigInt; static; end; { Operators } operator := (const A: Int64): TBigInt; operator - (const A: TBigInt): TBigInt; operator + (const A, B: TBigInt): TBigInt; operator - (const A, B: TBigInt): TBigInt; operator * (const A, B: TBigInt): TBigInt; operator shl (const A: TBigInt; const B: Integer): TBigInt; operator = (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; operator <> (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; operator < (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; operator <= (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; operator > (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; operator >= (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; implementation const CBase = Cardinal.MaxValue + 1; CMaxDigit = Cardinal.MaxValue; CDigitSize = SizeOf(Cardinal); CBitsPerDigit = CDigitSize * 8; CHalfBits = CBitsPerDigit >> 1; CHalfDigitMax = (1 << CHalfBits) - 1; CZero: TBigInt = (FDigits: (0); FIsNegative: False); { TBigInt } function TBigInt.GetSign: Integer; begin if FIsNegative then Result := -1 else if (Length(FDigits) > 1) or (FDigits[0] <> 0) then Result := 1 else Result := 0; end; function TBigInt.GetSegment(const AIndex, ACount: Integer): TBigInt; var trimmedCount: Integer; begin trimmedCount := ACount; while (trimmedCount > 1) and (FDigits[AIndex + trimmedCount - 1] = 0) do Dec(trimmedCount); Result.FDigits := Copy(FDigits, AIndex, trimmedCount); Result.FIsNegative := False; end; function TBigInt.CompareToAbsoluteValues(constref AOther: TBigInt): Integer; var i: Integer; begin Result := Length(FDigits) - Length(AOther.FDigits); if Result = 0 then begin for i := High(FDigits) downto 0 do if FDigits[i] < AOther.FDigits[i] then begin Result := -1; Break; end else if FDigits[i] > AOther.FDigits[i] then begin Result := 1; Break; end; end; end; class function TBigInt.GetZero: TBigInt; begin Result := CZero; end; class function TBigInt.AddAbsoluteValues(constref AA, AB: TBigInt; const AReturnNegative: Boolean): TBigInt; var i, j, lenA, lenB, len, shorter: Integer; carry: Cardinal; begin lenA := Length(AA.FDigits); lenB := Length(AB.FDigits); // Initializes the digits array of the result, with a simple test to try to predict a carry-over into a new digit. The // result could still carry into new digit depending on lower digits (carry over multiple digits), which would be // handled at the end. if lenA = lenB then if CMaxDigit - AA.FDigits[lenA - 1] < AB.FDigits[lenB - 1] then // Result will carry into new digit. SetLength(Result.FDigits, lenA + 1) else SetLength(Result.FDigits, lenA) else SetLength(Result.FDigits, Max(lenA, lenB)); len := Length(Result.FDigits); // Calculates the new digits from less to more significant until the end of the shorter operand is reached. shorter := Min(Length(AA.FDigits), Length(AB.FDigits)); i := 0; carry := 0; while i < shorter do begin if (AB.FDigits[i] = CMaxDigit) and (carry > 0) then begin Result.FDigits[i] := AA.FDigits[i]; carry := 1; end else if CMaxDigit - AA.FDigits[i] < AB.FDigits[i] + carry then begin Result.FDigits[i] := AB.FDigits[i] + carry - 1 - (CMaxDigit - AA.FDigits[i]); carry := 1; end else begin Result.FDigits[i] := AA.FDigits[i] + AB.FDigits[i] + carry; carry := 0; end; Inc(i); end; // Copies the missing unchanged digits from the longer operand to the result, if any, before applying remaining // carry-overs. This avoids additional tests for finding the shorter digit array. if (i < lenA) or (i < lenB) then if lenA >= lenB then for j := i to len - 1 do Result.FDigits[j] := AA.FDigits[j] else for j := i to len - 1 do Result.FDigits[j] := AB.FDigits[j]; // Applies the remaining carry-overs until the end of the prepared result digit array. while (carry > 0) and (i < len) do begin if Result.FDigits[i] = CMaxDigit then Result.FDigits[i] := 0 else begin Inc(Result.FDigits[i]); carry := 0; end; Inc(i); end; // Applies the carry-over into a new digit that was not anticipated in the initialization at the top (carry over // multiple digits). if carry > 0 then Insert(1, Result.FDigits, len); Result.FIsNegative := AReturnNegative; end; class function TBigInt.SubtractAbsoluteValues(constref AA, AB: TBigInt; const AReturnNegative: Boolean): TBigInt; var a, b: TBigInt; carry: Cardinal; compare, i, j, lastNonZeroDigitIndex, len: Integer; begin // Establishes the operand order, such that Abs(a) is not less than Abs(b). compare := AA.CompareToAbsoluteValues(AB); if compare = 0 then begin Result := Zero; Exit; end; if compare > 0 then begin a := AA; b := AB; Result.FIsNegative := AReturnNegative; end else begin a := AB; b := AA; Result.FIsNegative := not AReturnNegative; end; // Calculates the new digits from less to more significant until the end of the shorter operand is reached and all // carry-overs have been applied. len := Length(a.FDigits); SetLength(Result.FDigits, len); carry := 0; // Tracks leading zeros for the trim below. lastNonZeroDigitIndex := 0; i := 0; while i < Length(b.FDigits) do begin if (a.FDigits[i] = b.FDigits[i]) and (carry > 0) then begin Result.FDigits[i] := CMaxDigit; carry := 1; lastNonZeroDigitIndex := i; end else begin if a.FDigits[i] < b.FDigits[i] then begin Result.FDigits[i] := CMaxDigit - (b.FDigits[i] - a.FDigits[i]) + 1 - carry; carry := 1; end else begin Result.FDigits[i] := a.FDigits[i] - b.FDigits[i] - carry; carry := 0; end; if Result.FDigits[i] > 0 then lastNonZeroDigitIndex := i; end; Inc(i); end; while carry > 0 do begin if a.FDigits[i] = 0 then begin Result.FDigits[i] := CMaxDigit; lastNonZeroDigitIndex := i; end else begin Result.FDigits[i] := a.FDigits[i] - carry; carry := 0; if Result.FDigits[i] > 0 then lastNonZeroDigitIndex := i; end; Inc(i); end; // Copies the missing unchanged digits from the longer operand to the result, if any. If there are none, then no trim // needs to occur because the most significant digit is not zero. if i < len then for j := i to len - 1 do Result.FDigits[j] := a.FDigits[j] else if (lastNonZeroDigitIndex + 1 < len) then // Trims leading zeros from the digits array. Delete(Result.FDigits, lastNonZeroDigitIndex + 1, len - lastNonZeroDigitIndex - 1); end; class function TBigInt.MultiplyAbsoluteValues(constref AA, AB: TBigInt; const AReturnNegative: Boolean): TBigInt; var lenA, lenB, lenMax, floorHalfLength, ceilHalfLength: Integer; a1, a0, b1, b0, a1b1, a0b0: Cardinal; am, bm, middle, biga1, biga0, bigb1, bigb0, biga1b1, biga0b0: TBigInt; begin lenA := Length(AA.FDigits); lenB := Length(AB.FDigits); if (lenA <= 1) and (lenB <= 1) then begin if (AA.FDigits[0] <= CHalfDigitMax) and (AB.FDigits[0] <= CHalfDigitMax) then if (AA.FDigits[0] = 0) or (AB.FDigits[0] = 0) then Result := Zero else begin Result.FDigits := TDigits.Create(AA.FDigits[0] * AB.FDigits[0]); Result.FIsNegative := AReturnNegative; end else begin // a1, a0, b1, b0 use only the lower (less significant) half of the bits of a digit, so the product of any two of // these fits in one digit. a1 := AA.FDigits[0] >> CHalfBits; a0 := AA.FDigits[0] and CHalfDigitMax; b1 := AB.FDigits[0] >> CHalfBits; b0 := AB.FDigits[0] and CHalfDigitMax; a1b1 := a1 * b1; a0b0 := a0 * b0; if a1b1 > 0 then Result.FDigits := TDigits.Create(a0b0, a1b1) else Result.FDigits := TDigits.Create(a0b0); Result.FIsNegative := AReturnNegative; // The result of (a1 + a0) * (b1 + b0) might not fit in one digit, so one last recursion step is necessary. am := FromInt64(a1 + a0); bm := FromInt64(b1 + b0); middle := (MultiplyAbsoluteValues(am, bm, False) - a1b1 - a0b0) << CHalfBits; if AReturnNegative then Result := Result - middle else Result := Result + middle; end; end else begin // Calculates where to split the two numbers. lenMax := Max(lenA, lenB); floorHalfLength := lenMax >> 1; ceilHalfLength := lenMax - floorHalfLength; // Performs one recursion step. if ceilHalfLength < lenA then begin biga1 := AA.GetSegment(ceilHalfLength, lenA - ceilHalfLength); biga0 := AA.GetSegment(0, ceilHalfLength); if ceilHalfLength < lenB then begin bigb1 := AB.GetSegment(ceilHalfLength, lenB - ceilHalfLength); bigb0 := AB.GetSegment(0, ceilHalfLength); biga1b1 := MultiplyAbsoluteValues(biga1, bigb1, AReturnNegative); biga0b0 := MultiplyAbsoluteValues(biga0, bigb0, AReturnNegative); Result := (biga1b1 << (2 * ceilHalfLength * CBitsPerDigit)) + ((MultiplyAbsoluteValues(biga1 + biga0, bigb1 + bigb0, AReturnNegative) - biga1b1 - biga0b0) << (ceilHalfLength * CBitsPerDigit)) + biga0b0; end else begin biga0b0 := MultiplyAbsoluteValues(biga0, AB, AReturnNegative); Result := ((MultiplyAbsoluteValues(biga1 + biga0, AB, AReturnNegative) - biga0b0) << (ceilHalfLength * CBitsPerDigit)) + biga0b0; end; end else begin bigb1 := AB.GetSegment(ceilHalfLength, lenB - ceilHalfLength); bigb0 := AB.GetSegment(0, ceilHalfLength); biga0b0 := MultiplyAbsoluteValues(AA, bigb0, AReturnNegative); Result := ((MultiplyAbsoluteValues(AA, bigb1 + bigb0, AReturnNegative) - biga0b0) << (ceilHalfLength * CBitsPerDigit)) + biga0b0; end; end; end; class function TBigInt.FromHexOrBinString(const AValue: string; const AFromBase: Integer): TBigInt; var charBlockSize, offset, i, j, k, remainder: Integer; d: Cardinal; begin // 2 ^ (32 / charBlockSize) = AFromBase case AFromBase of 2: charBlockSize := 32; 16: charBlockSize := 8; end; if AValue[1] = '-' then begin offset := 2; Result.FIsNegative := True; end else begin offset := 1; Result.FIsNegative := False; end; // Calculates the first (most significant) digit d of the result. DivMod(AValue.Length - offset + 1, charBlockSize, i, remainder); k := offset; d := 0; // Checks the first block of chars that is not a full block. if remainder > 0 then d := ConvertDigitBlock(AValue, k, remainder, AFromBase); // Checks full blocks of chars for first digit. while (d = 0) and (i > 0) do begin Dec(i); d := ConvertDigitBlock(AValue, k, charBlockSize, AFromBase); end; // Checks for zero. if (d = 0) and (i = 0) then Result := Zero else begin // Initializes the array of digits. SetLength(Result.FDigits, i + 1); Result.FDigits[i] := d; // Calculates the other digits. for j := i - 1 downto 0 do Result.FDigits[j] := ConvertDigitBlock(AValue, k, charBlockSize, AFromBase); end; end; class function TBigInt.ConvertDigitBlock(const AValue: string; var AStartIndex: Integer; const ACharBlockSize, AFromBase: Integer): Cardinal; var part: string; begin part := Copy(AValue, AStartIndex, ACharBlockSize); Inc(AStartIndex, ACharBlockSize); case AFromBase of 2: part := '%' + part; 8: part := '&' + part; 16: part := '$' + part; end; Result := StrToDWord(part); end; function TBigInt.GetMostSignificantBitIndex: Int64; var high, i: Integer; begin high := Length(FDigits) - 1; if (high = 0) and (FDigits[0] = 0) then Result := -1 else begin i := CBitsPerDigit - 1; while ((1 << i) and FDigits[high]) = 0 do Dec(i); Result := high * CBitsPerDigit + i; end; end; function TBigInt.CompareTo(constref AOther: TBigInt): Integer; begin if FIsNegative = AOther.FIsNegative then Result := CompareToAbsoluteValues(AOther) else Result := 1; if FIsNegative then Result := -Result; end; function TBigInt.TryToInt64(out AOutput: Int64): Boolean; begin AOutput := 0; Result := False; case Length(FDigits) of 0: Result := True; 1: begin AOutput := FDigits[0]; if FIsNegative then AOutput := -AOutput; Result := True; end; 2: begin if FDigits[1] <= Integer.MaxValue then begin AOutput := FDigits[1] * CBase + FDigits[0]; if FIsNegative then AOutput := -AOutput; Result := True; end else if (FDigits[1] = Integer.MaxValue + 1) and (FDigits[0] = 0) and FIsNegative then begin AOutput := Int64.MinValue; Result := True; end; end; end; end; function TBigInt.ToString: string; var i: Integer; begin if FIsNegative then Result := '-' else Result := ''; for i := 0 to Length(FDigits) - 2 do Result := Result + '(' + IntToStr(FDigits[i]) + ' + 2^32 * '; Result := Result + IntToStr(FDigits[Length(FDigits) - 1]); for i := 0 to Length(FDigits) - 2 do Result := Result + ')'; end; class function TBigInt.FromInt64(const AValue: Int64): TBigInt; var absVal: Int64; begin if AValue <> Int64.MinValue then begin absVal := Abs(AValue); if absVal >= CBase then Result.FDigits := TDigits.Create(absVal mod CBase, absVal div CBase) else Result.FDigits := TDigits.Create(absVal); Result.FIsNegative := AValue < 0; end else begin Result.FDigits := TDigits.Create(0, 1 << 31); Result.FIsNegative := True; end; end; class function TBigInt.FromHexadecimalString(const AValue: string): TBigInt; begin Result := FromHexOrBinString(AValue, 16); end; class function TBigInt.FromBinaryString(const AValue: string): TBigInt; begin Result := FromHexOrBinString(AValue, 2); end; { Operators } operator := (const A: Int64): TBigInt; begin Result := TBigInt.FromInt64(A); //WriteLn(':=a op: ', Result.ToString); end; operator - (const A: TBigInt): TBigInt; var len: Integer; begin len := Length(A.FDigits); if (len > 1) or (A.FDigits[0] > 0) then begin Result.FDigits := Copy(A.FDigits, 0, len); Result.FIsNegative := not A.FIsNegative; end else Result := TBigInt.Zero; //WriteLn(' a: ', A.ToString); //WriteLn('-a op: ', Result.ToString); end; operator + (const A, B: TBigInt): TBigInt; begin if A.IsNegative = B.IsNegative then Result := TBigInt.AddAbsoluteValues(A, B, A.IsNegative) else Result := TBigInt.SubtractAbsoluteValues(A, B, A.IsNegative); //WriteLn(' a: ', A.ToString); //WriteLn(' b: ', B.ToString); //WriteLn('a+b op: ', Result.ToString); end; operator - (const A, B: TBigInt): TBigInt; begin if A.IsNegative = B.IsNegative then Result := TBigInt.SubtractAbsoluteValues(A, B, A.IsNegative) else Result := TBigInt.AddAbsoluteValues(A, B, A.IsNegative); //WriteLn(' a: ', A.ToString); //WriteLn(' b: ', B.ToString); //WriteLn('a-b op: ', Result.ToString); end; operator * (const A, B: TBigInt): TBigInt; begin if (A = TBigInt.Zero) or (B = TBigInt.Zero) then Result := TBigInt.Zero else Result := TBigInt.MultiplyAbsoluteValues(A, B, A.IsNegative <> B.IsNegative); //WriteLn(' a: ', A.ToString); //WriteLn(' b: ', B.ToString); //WriteLn('a*b op: ', Result.ToString); end; operator shl(const A: TBigInt; const B: Integer): TBigInt; var i, j, digitShifts, bitShifts, reverseShift, len, newLength: Integer; lastDigit: Cardinal; begin // Handles shift of zero. if A = 0 then Result := TBigInt.Zero else begin // Determines full digit shifts and bit shifts. DivMod(B, CBitsPerDigit, digitShifts, bitShifts); if bitShifts > 0 then begin reverseShift := CBitsPerDigit - bitShifts; len := Length(A.FDigits); lastDigit := A.FDigits[len - 1] >> reverseShift; newLength := len + digitShifts; if lastDigit = 0 then SetLength(Result.FDigits, newLength) else SetLength(Result.FDigits, newLength + 1); // Performs full digit shifts by shifting the access index j for A.FDigits. Result.FDigits[digitShifts] := A.FDigits[0] << bitShifts; j := 0; for i := digitShifts + 1 to newLength - 1 do begin // Performs bit shifts. Result.FDigits[i] := A.FDigits[j] >> reverseShift; Inc(j); Result.FDigits[i] := Result.FDigits[i] or (A.FDigits[j] << bitShifts); end; if Length(Result.FDigits) > newLength then Result.FDigits[newLength] := lastDigit; end else begin // Performs full digit shifts by copy if there are no bit shifts. len := Length(A.FDigits); SetLength(Result.FDigits, len + digitShifts); for i := 0 to digitShifts - 1 do Result.FDigits[i] := 0; for i := 0 to len - 1 do Result.FDigits[i + digitShifts] := A.FDigits[i]; end; Result.FIsNegative := A.IsNegative; end; //WriteLn(' a: ', A.ToString); //WriteLn('a<< op: ', Result.ToString); end; operator = (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; begin Result := A.CompareTo(B) = 0; end; operator <> (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; begin Result := A.CompareTo(B) <> 0; end; operator < (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; begin Result := A.CompareTo(B) < 0; end; operator <= (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; begin Result := A.CompareTo(B) <= 0; end; operator > (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; begin Result := A.CompareTo(B) > 0; end; operator >= (const A, B: TBigInt): Boolean; begin Result := A.CompareTo(B) >= 0; end; end.