const std = @import("std"); const print = std.debug.print; pub fn solve(part: []u8, reader: *std.Io.Reader, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void { if (std.mem.eql(u8, part, "1")) { try part1(reader, allocator); } else { try part2(reader, allocator); } } fn part1(reader: *std.Io.Reader, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void { var output: usize = 0; const first = try reader.takeDelimiter('\n'); var space = try allocator.alloc(bool, first.?.len); defer allocator.free(space); for (space) |*b| b.* = false; space[(first.?.len - 1) / 2] = true; while (reader.takeDelimiter('\n')) |line| { if (line == null) { break; } for (line.?,0..) |e, i| { if (e == '^' and space[i]) { space[i] = false; space[i-1] = true; space[i+1] = true; output += 1; } } } else |_| {} print("{d}\n", .{output}); } fn quantum(space: [][]u8, pos: usize, y: usize, output: *usize) void { if (space.len == y){ return; } if (space[y][pos] == '^') { quantum(space, pos - 1, y + 1, output); output.* += 1; quantum(space, pos + 1, y + 1, output); } else { quantum(space, pos, y + 1, output); } } fn part2(reader: *std.Io.Reader, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !void { var output: usize = 1; const first = try reader.takeDelimiter('\n'); var space = try allocator.alloc(usize, first.?.len); defer allocator.free(space); for (space) |*b| b.* = 0; space[(first.?.len - 1) / 2] = 1; while (reader.takeDelimiter('\n')) |line| { if (line == null) { break; } for (line.?,0..) |e, i| { if (e == '^' and space[i] > 0) { space[i-1] += space[i]; space[i+1] += space[i]; output += space[i]; space[i] = 0; } } } else |_| {} print("{d}\n", .{output}); }