AdventOfCode2023/solvers/UPointOfIncidence.pas

{
  Solutions to the Advent Of Code.
  Copyright (C) 2023  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
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}

unit UPointOfIncidence;

{$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}

interface

uses
  Classes, SysUtils, Generics.Collections, Math, USolver;

type
  TMirrorCompareResult = (mcSame, mcOneDifference, mcDifferent);

  { TMirrorCandidate }

  TMirrorCandidate = record
    Position: Integer;
    IsFixAllowed: Boolean;
    Part: Integer;
  end;

  TMirrorCandidates = specialize TList<TMirrorCandidate>;

  { TPointOfIncidence }

  TPointOfIncidence = class(TSolver)
  private
    FLines: TStringList;
    FHorizontalMirrorCandidates, FVerticalMirrorCandidates: TMirrorCandidates;
    procedure ProcessPatternLine(const ALine: string);
    procedure VerifyHorizontalCandidates(const ANewLine: string);
    procedure CheckForNewHorizontalCandidate(const ANewLine: string);
    function HaveSingleDifference(const ALine1, ALine2: string): Boolean;
    procedure VerifyVerticalCandidates(const ALine: string);
    procedure InitializeNewVerticalCandidates(const AFirstLine: string);
    function IsVerticalMirrorOfLine(const ALine: string; const AMirror: Integer): TMirrorCompareResult;
    procedure FinishPattern;
    function GetMirrorCandidate(const APosition: Integer; const AIsFixAllowed: Boolean; const APart: Integer):
      TMirrorCandidate;
    procedure SetMirrorCandidateFixed(const AMirrorCandidates: TMirrorCandidates; const AIndex: Integer);
  public
    constructor Create;
    destructor Destroy; override;
    procedure ProcessDataLine(const ALine: string); override;
    procedure Finish; override;
    function GetDataFileName: string; override;
    function GetPuzzleName: string; override;
  end;

implementation

{ TPointOfIncidence }

procedure TPointOfIncidence.ProcessPatternLine(const ALine: string);
begin
  VerifyHorizontalCandidates(ALine);
  CheckForNewHorizontalCandidate(ALine);

  if FLines.Count > 0 then
    VerifyVerticalCandidates(ALine)
  else
    InitializeNewVerticalCandidates(ALine);

  FLines.Add(ALine);
end;

procedure TPointOfIncidence.VerifyHorizontalCandidates(const ANewLine: string);
var
  i, mirroredIndex: Integer;
begin
  // Checks if the current line fulfills the exisiting horizontal mirror candidates.
  i := FHorizontalMirrorCandidates.Count - 1;
  while i >= 0 do
  begin
    // Calculates the index of the line that the current line would be a duplicate of in regards to the i-th candidate.
    mirroredIndex := 2 * FHorizontalMirrorCandidates[i].Position - FLines.Count - 1;
    if mirroredIndex >= 0 then
    begin
      if ANewLine <> FLines[mirroredIndex] then
      begin
        if FHorizontalMirrorCandidates[i].IsFixAllowed
        and HaveSingleDifference(ANewLine, FLines[mirroredIndex]) then
          SetMirrorCandidateFixed(FHorizontalMirrorCandidates, i)
        else
          FHorizontalMirrorCandidates.Delete(i);
      end;
    end;
    Dec(i);
  end;
end;

procedure TPointOfIncidence.CheckForNewHorizontalCandidate(const ANewLine: string);
begin
  // Checks for new horizontal mirror candidate between ALine and the previous line.
  if FLines.Count > 0 then
  begin
    if ANewLine = FLines[FLines.Count - 1] then
    begin
      FHorizontalMirrorCandidates.Add(GetMirrorCandidate(FLines.Count, False, 1));
      FHorizontalMirrorCandidates.Add(GetMirrorCandidate(FLines.Count, True, 2));
    end
    else if HaveSingleDifference(ANewLine, FLines[FLines.Count - 1]) then
      FHorizontalMirrorCandidates.Add(GetMirrorCandidate(FLines.Count, False, 2));
  end;
end;

function TPointOfIncidence.HaveSingleDifference(const ALine1, ALine2: string): Boolean;
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  Result := False;
  for i := 1 to Length(ALine1) do
  begin
    if ALine1[i] <> ALine2[i] then
    begin
      if Result then
      begin
        // Found a second difference between the two lines, return False.
        Result := False;
        Exit;
      end
      else
        // Found a difference between the two lines.
        Result := True;
    end;
  end;
end;

procedure TPointOfIncidence.VerifyVerticalCandidates(const ALine: string);
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  // Checks if the current line fulfills the exisiting vertical mirror candidates.
  i := FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Count - 1;
  while i >= 0 do
  begin
    case IsVerticalMirrorOfLine(ALine, FVerticalMirrorCandidates[i].Position) of
      mcOneDifference:
        if FVerticalMirrorCandidates[i].IsFixAllowed then
          SetMirrorCandidateFixed(FVerticalMirrorCandidates, i)
        else
          FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Delete(i);
      mcDifferent:
        FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Delete(i);
    end;
    Dec(i);
  end;
end;

procedure TPointOfIncidence.InitializeNewVerticalCandidates(const AFirstLine: string);
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  // Checks the line for vertical mirror candidates, i.e. mirrors that work for this line.
  for i := 1 to Length(AFirstLine) - 1 do
    case IsVerticalMirrorOfLine(AFirstLine, i) of
      mcSame: begin
        FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Add(GetMirrorCandidate(i, False, 1));
        FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Add(GetMirrorCandidate(i, True, 2));
      end;
      mcOneDifference:
        FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Add(GetMirrorCandidate(i, False, 2));
    end;
end;

function TPointOfIncidence.IsVerticalMirrorOfLine(const ALine: string; const AMirror: Integer): TMirrorCompareResult;
var
  i : Integer;
begin
  Result := mcSame;
  for i := 0 to Min(AMirror - 1, Length(ALine) - AMirror - 1) do
  begin
    if ALine[AMirror - i] <> ALine[AMirror + i + 1] then
    begin
      if Result = mcSame then
        Result := mcOneDifference
      else begin
        Result := mcDifferent;
        Break;
      end;
    end;
  end;
end;

procedure TPointOfIncidence.FinishPattern;
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  for i := 0 to FHorizontalMirrorCandidates.Count - 1 do
  begin
    if FHorizontalMirrorCandidates[i].Part = 1 then
      Inc(FPart1, FHorizontalMirrorCandidates[i].Position * 100)
    else if not FHorizontalMirrorCandidates[i].IsFixAllowed then
      Inc(FPart2, FHorizontalMirrorCandidates[i].Position * 100);
  end;

  for i := 0 to FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Count - 1 do
  begin
    if FVerticalMirrorCandidates[i].Part = 1 then
      Inc(FPart1, FVerticalMirrorCandidates[i].Position)
    else if not FVerticalMirrorCandidates[i].IsFixAllowed then
      Inc(FPart2, FVerticalMirrorCandidates[i].Position);
  end;

  FLines.Clear;
  FHorizontalMirrorCandidates.Clear;
  FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Clear;
end;

function TPointOfIncidence.GetMirrorCandidate(const APosition: Integer; const AIsFixAllowed: Boolean; const APart:
  Integer): TMirrorCandidate;
begin
  Result.Position := APosition;
  Result.IsFixAllowed := AIsFixAllowed;
  Result.Part := APart;
end;

procedure TPointOfIncidence.SetMirrorCandidateFixed(const AMirrorCandidates: TMirrorCandidates; const AIndex: Integer);
var
  mirrorCandidate: TMirrorCandidate;
begin
  mirrorCandidate := AMirrorCandidates[AIndex];
  mirrorCandidate.IsFixAllowed := False;
  AMirrorCandidates[AIndex] := mirrorCandidate;
end;

constructor TPointOfIncidence.Create;
begin
  FLines := TStringList.Create;
  FHorizontalMirrorCandidates := TMirrorCandidates.Create;
  FVerticalMirrorCandidates := TMirrorCandidates.Create;
end;

destructor TPointOfIncidence.Destroy;
begin
  FLines.Free;
  FHorizontalMirrorCandidates.Free;
  FVerticalMirrorCandidates.Free;
  inherited Destroy;
end;

procedure TPointOfIncidence.ProcessDataLine(const ALine: string);
begin
  if ALine <> '' then
    ProcessPatternLine(ALine)
  else
    FinishPattern;
end;

procedure TPointOfIncidence.Finish;
begin
  FinishPattern;
end;

function TPointOfIncidence.GetDataFileName: string;
begin
  Result := 'point_of_incidence.txt';
end;

function TPointOfIncidence.GetPuzzleName: string;
begin
  Result := 'Day 13: Point of Incidence';
end;

end.