AdventOfCode-2022/day5/src/main.rs

#![crate_name = "advent_of_code_day5"]

use std::fs;
use std::path::{Path};
use regex::Regex;
use lazy_static::lazy_static;
use std::collections::VecDeque;


fn get_crates_from_line(line: &str) -> Vec<char> {
    lazy_static! {
        static ref CRATE_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"\[[A-Z]\]").unwrap();
    }

    let mut crates: Vec<char> = Vec::new();
    for cap in CRATE_RE.captures_iter(line) {
        //println!("Caught with regex: {}", &cap[0]);
        crates.push(cap[0].chars().nth(1).unwrap());
    }

    return crates;
}

fn get_instruction_from_line(line: &str) -> Option<[u32; 3]> {
    lazy_static! {
        static ref INST_RE: Regex = Regex::new(r"move ([0-9]+) from ([0-9]+) to ([0-9]+)").unwrap();
    }
    
    if INST_RE.is_match(line) {
        let cap = INST_RE.captures(line).unwrap();
        let instruction: [u32; 3] = [cap[1].parse::<u32>().unwrap(), cap[2].parse::<u32>().unwrap(), cap[3].parse::<u32>().unwrap()];
        //println!("Instruction: {} from {} to {}", instruction[0], instruction[1], instruction[2]);
        return Some(instruction);
    }
    else {
        return None;
    }
}

fn vec_contains_char(c: &char, v: &Vec<char>) -> bool {
    for i in v {
        if c == i {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

fn parse_file(input: &str) -> (Vec<VecDeque<char>>, Vec<[u32; 3]>){
    // Separate string into stack part and instructions
    let lines: Vec<&str> = input.split("\n").collect();
    
    let mut stack_column_count: i32 = 0;
    let mut stack_part: Vec<VecDeque<char>> = Vec::new();
    let mut instruction_part: Vec<[u32; 3]> = Vec::new();
    for line in lines {
        //println!("Line: {}", line);
        
        // Getting the crate stacks
        let crate_result = get_crates_from_line(line);
        if crate_result.len() != 0 {
            if crate_result.len() > stack_column_count as usize {
                stack_column_count = crate_result.len() as i32;
            }

            for (i, c) in line.chars().enumerate() {
                if vec_contains_char(&c, &crate_result) {
                    //println!("Found character {} in position {} within result {:?} and line {}", c, i / 4, crate_result, line);

                    while stack_part.len() < (i/4)+1 {  // Does stack_part have a stack for slot (i/4)? If not push a new stack
                        stack_part.push(VecDeque::new());
                        //println!("Created fresh new stack #{}!", stack_part.len()-1);
                    }
                    //println!("Pushing crate {} onto stack slot #{}", c, i/4);
                    stack_part[i/4].push_front(c);
                }
            }
            continue;
        }
        
        // Getting the instructions
        let inst_result = get_instruction_from_line(line);
        if match inst_result {Some(_x) => true,None => false,} {
            //println!("Instruction result: {:?}", inst_result.unwrap());
            instruction_part.push(inst_result.unwrap());
            continue;
        }
        
    }

    return (stack_part, instruction_part);
}

fn simulate_stack_operation(mut stacks: Vec<VecDeque<char>>, instruction: [u32; 3]) -> Vec<VecDeque<char>> {
    // Simulate the given instruction being executed onto the given stacks and return a new stacks vector with the changes.
    let amount: u32 = instruction[0];
    let source: u32 = instruction[1]-1;
    let target: u32 = instruction[2]-1;
    //println!("Executing instruction {:?}", instruction);

    let mut crane_stack: Vec<char> = Vec::new();
    for _ in 0..amount {  // fetch amount-many crates onto the crane stack
        let c: char = stacks[source as usize].pop_back().unwrap();
        crane_stack.push(c);
        println!("Took crate {} from stack #{} and placed it onto the crane stack {:?}", c, source, crane_stack);
    }

    for _ in 0..amount {  // drop all crates in the crane stack onto the target stack
        let c: char = crane_stack.pop().unwrap();
        stacks[target as usize].push_back(c);
        println!("Placed crate {} from the crane stack onto target stack #{}", c, target);
    }

    return stacks;
}


fn main() {
    let input_path = Path::new("./input/input.lst");
    
    let contents = fs::read_to_string(input_path).unwrap();
    println!("My given file: \n{}\n\n", contents);

    let (mut stacks, insts) = parse_file(&contents);
    
    println!("Stack part: {:?}", stacks);
    println!("Instr part: {:?}\n", insts);

    for instruction in &insts {
        let next_stacks = simulate_stack_operation(stacks, *instruction);

        //println!("Stack part: {:?}\n", next_stacks);
        stacks = next_stacks;
    }

    println!("Final stacks looks like this: {:?}", stacks);
    let mut top_crates: String = "".to_owned();
    for stack in &stacks {
        let mut tmp = [0;4];
        top_crates.push_str(&*stack.back().unwrap().encode_utf8(&mut tmp));
    }
    
    println!("Top-most crates are: {:?}", top_crates);
}