(** [find_start map] returns the location [(x, y)] of the starting position. *) let find_start map = let rec impl row = if row >= Array.length map then failwith "find_start" else match Array.find_index (fun x -> x = '^') map.(row) with | Some i -> (i, row) | None -> impl (row + 1) in impl 0 (** [read_file fname] reads the input map from [fname]. It returns a [(map, pos, vel)] tuple, consisting of the obsticle map, initial position, and initial velocity. *) let read_file fname = let lst = Aoc.strings_of_file fname in let map1 = Array.of_list lst in let map2 = Array.map (fun s -> Array.init (String.length s) (String.get s)) map1 in let pos = find_start map2 in (map2, pos, (0, -1)) (** [is_valid_pos map pos] returns true if the position [pos] is valid for the map [map]. *) let is_valid_pos map (x, y) = if y < 0 || y >= Array.length map then false else if x < 0 || x >= Array.length map.(y) then false else true (** [move map (pos, vel)] moves [pos] one step forward on the [map]. [vel] gives the movement vector. If the movement will cause an obstacle to be hit then [vel] is rotated right by 90 degrees and we move in that direction. Returns the updated [(pos, vel)] pair. *) let rec move map ((x, y), (dx, dy)) = if is_valid_pos map (x, y) then let x', y' = (x + dx, y + dy) in if is_valid_pos map (x', y') && map.(y').(x') = '#' then move map ((x, y), (-dy, dx)) else ((x', y'), (dx, dy)) else ((x, y), (dx, dy)) (** [compare_pos pos pos'] provides a total ordering on the positions [pos] and [pos']. *) let compare_pos (x, y) (x', y') = if y < y' then -1 else if y > y' then 1 else if x < x' then -1 else if x > x' then 1 else 0 (** [walk_map map (pos, vel)] walks around [map] starting at [pos] moving in the direction [vel]. It returns a list of all positions visited before falling off one of the sides. *) let walk_map map (pos, vel) = let rec impl acc (pos, vel) = if is_valid_pos map pos then impl (pos :: acc) (move map (pos, vel)) else acc in impl [] (pos, vel) (** [has_cycles map (pos, vel)] returns true if walking around [map] starting at [pos] going in [vel] direction will end up in a never ending cycle.*) let has_cycles map (pos, vel) = (* We detect a cycle by walking two 'agents' around the map from the same starting position. Agent 1 moves 1 step at a time, agent 2 moves 2. If the agents ever end up on the same square facing the same direction we have a cycle. This works even if the cycle doesn't start immediately. *) let rec impl (pos, vel) (pos', vel') = if not (is_valid_pos map pos) then false else if not (is_valid_pos map pos') then false else if pos = pos' && vel = vel' then true else impl (move map (pos, vel)) (move map (move map (pos', vel'))) in (* Start Agent 2 a step ahead of Agent 1 so we don't fail at the start position. *) impl (pos, vel) (move map (pos, vel)) (** [map_copy map] returns a deep copy of [map]. *) let map_copy = Array.map Array.copy (** [walk_block map (pos, vel) bpos] adds a block to the map [map] at [bpos] and then sees if walking the map starting with [(pos, vel)] has a cycle. *) let walk_block map (pos, vel) ((bx, by) as bpos) = if bpos = pos then false else let map' = map_copy map in map'.(by).(bx) <- '#'; has_cycles map' (pos, vel) let part1 (map, pos, vel) = walk_map map (pos, vel) |> List.sort_uniq compare_pos |> List.length let part2 (map, pos, vel) = let map' = Array.copy map in walk_map map' (pos, vel) |> List.sort_uniq compare_pos |> List.filter (walk_block map' (pos, vel)) |> List.length let _ = Aoc.main read_file [ (string_of_int, part1); (string_of_int, part2) ]