Solve 2021 day 22

2021/d22.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 from lib import get_data
 from lib import ints
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional
 
 data = get_data(__file__)
 
@@ -17,11 +19,74 @@ for i, line in enumerate(data.splitlines()):
                         ps.remove((x, y, z))
                 else:
                     assert False
+
 print(len(ps))
 
 
-# For part 1, we were limited to an area of -50..50 for all three directions.
+@dataclass
-# For part 2, this limitation is no longer in place. That means we cannot keep
+class Line:
-# track of all the points individually. Instead, it will be necessary. To keep
+    a: int
-# track of regions. Ultimately, we then have to perform arithmetic on the
+    b: int
-# regions. This is not trivial enough for me right now.
+
+    def intersects(self, other: "Line") -> bool:
+        return self.b > other.a and self.a < other.b
+
+    def intersection(self, other: "Line") -> Optional["Line"]:
+        if not self.intersects(other):
+            return None
+        return Line(max(self.a, other.a), min(self.b, other.b))
+
+    def length(self) -> int:
+        assert self.b > self.a
+        return self.b - self.a + 1
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Cube:
+    on: bool
+    x: Line
+    y: Line
+    z: Line
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_line(cls, line: str) -> "Cube":
+        xs = ints(line)
+        assert len(xs) == 6
+        lines = [Line(*xs[i:i+2]) for i in range(0, len(xs), 2)]
+        on = True if line.startswith("on") else False
+        return Cube(on, *lines)
+
+    def volume(self) -> int:
+        return (self.x.length() * self.y.length() * self.z.length()) * (1 if self.on else -1)
+
+    def intersects(self, other: "Cube") -> bool:
+        return (
+            self.x.intersects(other.x)
+            and self.y.intersects(other.y)
+            and self.z.intersects(other.z)
+        )
+
+    def intersection(self, other: "Cube") -> Optional["Cube"]:
+        x = self.x.intersection(other.x)
+        y = self.y.intersection(other.y)
+        z = self.z.intersection(other.z)
+        if x is None or y is None or z is None:
+            return None
+        return Cube(not self.on, x, y, z)
+
+
+# Inclusion/exclusion principle from set theory
+cubes = []
+for line in data.splitlines():
+    cc = Cube.from_line(line)
+    ncubes = []
+    for i in range(len(cubes)):
+        c = cubes[i]
+        ic = c.intersection(cc)
+        if ic is not None:
+            cubes.append(ic)
+
+    if cc.on:
+        cubes.append(cc)
+
+print(sum(c.volume() for c in cubes))

README.md

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ Solutions and utility script for Advent of Code challenges in Python.
 - Day 19:
 - Day 20: 105:00   (That wasn't easy but was able to solve in one go.)
 - Day 21:  37:45   (Wasn't hard but I was just too slow.)
-- Day 22:
+- Day 22: 142:00   (Wonderful problem and hard for me but learned something new for sure.)
 - Day 23:  81:38   (Fun but obviously not competitive.)
 - Day 24: 232:00   (Super hard for me but I am proud of it.)
 - Day 25:  15:43   (That could have been much much faster.)