// Unfortunately I have to put this in `solutions/` even though it more-properly belongs at a higher-level, // because non-sibling imports require setting up a `build.zig` (https://old.reddit.com/r/Zig/comments/ra5qeo/import_of_file_outside_package_path/) // and that seems awful. const std = @import("std"); const print = std.debug.print; const expect = @import("std").testing.expect; pub fn getInputFile(problemNumber: []const u8, isTestCase: bool) ![]u8 { return concatString("inputs/", try concatString(problemNumber, try concatString("/", try concatString(if (isTestCase) "test" else "real", ".txt")))); } // Technically this could be implemented as just repeated calls to `concatString`, but I _guess_ this is more efficient? // (I. Hate. Manual memory allocation) pub fn concatStrings(strings: []const []const u8) ![]u8 { var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){}; const allocator = gpa.allocator(); var totalLength: usize = 0; for (strings) |string| { totalLength += string.len; } var combined = try allocator.alloc(u8, totalLength); var combinedIndexSoFar: usize = 0; for (strings) |string| { @memcpy(combined[combinedIndexSoFar..(combinedIndexSoFar + string.len)], string); combinedIndexSoFar += string.len; } return combined; } pub fn concatString(a: []const u8, b: []const u8) ![]u8 { var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){}; const allocator = gpa.allocator(); // I don't recall where the below came from, but it causes a `[gpa] (err): memory address 0x10383f000 leaked:` when // kept in, so...dropping it! :P // // defer { // const deinit_status = gpa.deinit(); // //fail test; can't try in defer as defer is executed after we return // if (deinit_status == .leak) expect(false) catch @panic("TEST FAIL"); // } return concat(u8, allocator, a, b); } // https://www.openmymind.net/Zigs-memcpy-copyForwards-and-copyBackwards/ fn concat(comptime T: type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, arr1: []const T, arr2: []const T) ![]T { var combined = try allocator.alloc(T, arr1.len + arr2.len); @memcpy(combined[0..arr1.len], arr1); @memcpy(combined[arr1.len..], arr2); return combined; } // Ugh. There are a _ton_ of problems with this because of overflow nonsense - but it's good enough to use until // test cases demonstrate that it's not. pub fn diffOfNumbers(a: u32, b: u32) u32 { if (a > b) { return a - b; } else { return b - a; } } // I originally tried https://cookbook.ziglang.cc/01-01-read-file-line-by-line.html, // but it's super-unwieldy. // Stole https://codeberg.org/andyscott/advent-of-code/src/branch/main/2024/src/util.zig instead! pub fn readAllInput(path: []u8) ![]const u8 { var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){}; defer _ = gpa.deinit(); const alloc = gpa.allocator(); std.debug.print("Path is {s}\n", .{path}); const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{}); defer file.close(); const stat = try file.stat(); return try file.reader().readAllAlloc(alloc, stat.size); } pub fn readAllInputWithAllocator(path: []u8, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) ![]const u8 { std.debug.print("Path is {s}\n", .{path}); const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(path, .{}); defer file.close(); const stat = try file.stat(); return try file.reader().readAllAlloc(alloc, stat.size); } pub fn magnitude(num: i32) u32 { if (num >= 0) { return @intCast(num); } else { return @intCast(-num); } } // These are used in so many of these types of puzzles - I should have just implemented them at the start, rather than // so late in the challenge (Day 18 :P ) // (Though, in my defence, I didn't know what datatype would be appropriate, and I was quite a long way from being able // to confidently use generics in Zig at that point) pub const Point = struct { x: usize, y: usize, pub fn neighbours(self: *Point, width: usize, height: usize, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) []Point { var response = std.ArrayList(Point).init(allocator); if (self.x > 0) { response.append(Point{ .x = self.x - 1, .y = self.y }) catch unreachable; } if (self.y > 0) { response.append(Point{ .x = self.x, .y = self.y - 1 }) catch unreachable; } if (self.x < width - 1) { response.append(Point{ .x = self.x + 1, .y = self.y }) catch unreachable; } if (self.y < height - 1) { response.append(Point{ .x = self.x, .y = self.y + 1 }) catch unreachable; } return response.toOwnedSlice() catch unreachable; } pub fn format(self: Point, comptime fmt: []const u8, options: std.fmt.FormatOptions, writer: anytype) !void { _ = fmt; _ = options; try writer.print("[{},{}]", .{ self.x, self.y }); } }; pub fn log(comptime message: []const u8, args: anytype, debug: bool) void { if (debug) { std.debug.print(message, args); } } // Basic implementation of Dijkstra - given start and end, explore until a shortest path is found to `end`. // Assumes that all links have cost 1. // Returns distances rather than the length of the path because that's often useful. In particular, pass `null` as `end` // to get minimum distances from `start` to _every_ node. // // Zig does not really support the passing-in of bare anonymous functions that depend on higher-level variables - you'll // get errors like `'' not accessible from inner function` or `crossing function boundary`. // // This appears to be a deliberate design decision to avoid unintentional use-after-free: // https://ziggit.dev/t/closure-in-zig/5449 // // So, instead of passing in a nicely-encapsulated partial-application `getNeighbours` which _just_ takes a `node_type`, it needs to take in the data as well. Blech. // // (Check out the implementation at commit `d85d29` to see what it looked like before this change!) pub fn dijkstra(comptime data_type: type, comptime node_type: type, data: *const data_type, getNeighbours: *const fn (d: *const data_type, n: *node_type, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) []node_type, start: node_type, end: ?node_type, debug: bool, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) std.AutoHashMap(node_type, u32) { var visited = std.AutoHashMap(node_type, void).init(allocator); defer visited.deinit(); var distances = std.AutoHashMap(node_type, u32).init(allocator); distances.put(start, 0) catch unreachable; // Not strictly necessary - we could just iterate over all keys of `distances` and filter out those that are // `visited` - but this certainly trims down the unnecessary debug logging, and I have an intuition (though haven't // proved) that it'll slightly help performance. var unvisited_candidates = std.AutoHashMap(node_type, void).init(allocator); defer unvisited_candidates.deinit(); unvisited_candidates.put(start, {}) catch unreachable; while (true) { var cand_it = unvisited_candidates.keyIterator(); var curr: node_type = undefined; var lowest_distance_found: u32 = std.math.maxInt(u32); while (cand_it.next()) |cand| { const actual_candidate = cand.*; // Necessary to avoid pointer weirdness log("Considering {s} as the next curr ", .{actual_candidate}, debug); const distance_of_candidate = distances.get(actual_candidate) orelse std.math.maxInt(u32); if (distance_of_candidate < lowest_distance_found) { log("and it is a possibility!\n", .{}, debug); curr = actual_candidate; lowest_distance_found = distance_of_candidate; } else { log("but rejecting it because it already has a shorter minimum-distance({} vs {})\n", .{ distance_of_candidate, lowest_distance_found }, debug); } } if (lowest_distance_found == std.math.maxInt(u32)) { log("Iterated over all candidates, but found none with non-infinite distance\n", .{}, debug); break; } log("Settled on {s} as the new curr", .{curr}, debug); if (end != null and std.meta.eql(curr, end.?)) { log(" and that is the target, so we're done!\n", .{}, debug); break; } else { log(" - now exploring its neighbours\n", .{}, debug); } // Haven't terminated yet => we're still looking. Check neighbours, and update their min-distance const distance_of_neighbour_from_current = lowest_distance_found + 1; const neighbours_of_curr = getNeighbours(data, &curr, allocator); for (neighbours_of_curr) |neighbour| { if (visited.contains(neighbour)) { continue; } const distance_response = distances.getOrPut(neighbour) catch unreachable; if (!distance_response.found_existing) { log("Adding a new (first) distance to {s} (via {s}) - {}\n", .{ neighbour, curr, distance_of_neighbour_from_current }, debug); distance_response.value_ptr.* = distance_of_neighbour_from_current; unvisited_candidates.put(neighbour, {}) catch unreachable; } else { if (distance_response.value_ptr.* > distance_of_neighbour_from_current) { log("Overriding distance for neighbour {s} because distance of path from {s} ({}) is less than current value ({})\n", .{ neighbour, curr, distance_of_neighbour_from_current, distance_response.value_ptr.* }, debug); distance_response.value_ptr.* = distance_of_neighbour_from_current; } } } allocator.free(neighbours_of_curr); visited.put(curr, {}) catch unreachable; _ = unvisited_candidates.remove(curr); log("{s} has now been fully visited - loop begins again\n", .{curr}, debug); } return distances; } test "Dijkstra" { var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){}; defer _ = gpa.deinit(); const allocator = gpa.allocator(); // From AoC 2024 Day 20 const base_data = \\############### \\#...#...#.....# \\#.#.#.#.#.###.# \\#.#...#.#.#...# \\#######.#.#.### \\#######.#.#...# \\#######.#.###.# \\###...#...#...# \\###.#######.### \\#...###...#...# \\#.#####.#.###.# \\#.#...#.#.#...# \\#.#.#.#.#.#.### \\#...#...#...### \\############### ; // This is absolutely fucking ridiculous - but I can't find a way to create a `*const []u8` from the above // `*const [N:0]u8`. // In particular, `std.mem.span` doesn't work, contra https://stackoverflow.com/a/72975237 var data_list = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator); for (base_data) |c| { data_list.append(c) catch unreachable; } const data = data_list.toOwnedSlice() catch unreachable; defer allocator.free(data); const start = Point{ .x = 1, .y = 3 }; const end = Point{ .x = 5, .y = 7 }; const neighboursFunc = &struct { pub fn func(d: *const []u8, point: *Point, alloc: std.mem.Allocator) []Point { var response = std.ArrayList(Point).init(alloc); const ns = point.neighbours(15, 15, alloc); for (ns) |n| { if (d.*[16 * n.y + n.x] == '.') { response.append(n) catch unreachable; } } alloc.free(ns); return response.toOwnedSlice() catch unreachable; } }.func; var result = dijkstra([]u8, Point, &data, neighboursFunc, start, end, false, allocator); defer result.deinit(); const distance = result.get(end).?; // print("Dijkstra result is {}\n", .{distance}); try expect(distance == 84); } test { const result = try concatString("abc", "def"); try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, result, "abcdef")); } test "concatStrings" { const result = try concatStrings(&.{ "hello ", "again, ", "friend of ", "a friend" }); try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, result, "hello again, friend of a friend")); } test "testGetInputFile" { const result = try getInputFile("01", true); try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, result, "inputs/01/test.txt")); const result1 = try getInputFile("42", false); try expect(std.mem.eql(u8, result1, "inputs/42/real.txt")); } test "Test Diffing Numbers" { try expect(diffOfNumbers(5, 2) == 3); try expect(diffOfNumbers(26, 35) == 9); try expect(diffOfNumbers(5, 5) == 0); } test "Magnitude" { try expect(magnitude(2) == 2); try expect(magnitude(-2) == 2); try expect(magnitude(-365) == 365); }