[2024] Cleanup day 19

Author: connorslade

aoc_2024/src/day_19.rs

@@ -5,102 +5,72 @@ use common::{solution, Answer};
 solution!("Linen Layout", 19);
 
 fn part_a(input: &str) -> Answer {
-    let problem = Problem::parse(input);
-    let mut sum = 0;
-
-    for i in 0..problem.needed.len() {
-        if problem.possible(i) {
-            sum += 1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    sum.into()
+    let problem = Onsen::parse(input);
+    problem.possible().into()
 }
 
 fn part_b(input: &str) -> Answer {
-    let problem = Problem::parse(input);
-    let mut sum = 0;
-
-    for i in 0..problem.needed.len() {
-        sum += problem.ways(i);
-    }
-
-    sum.into()
+    let problem = Onsen::parse(input);
+    problem.ways().into()
 }
 
-struct Problem {
-    sources: Vec<String>,
-    needed: Vec<String>,
+struct Onsen<'a> {
+    segments: Vec<&'a str>,
+    towels: Vec<&'a str>,
 }
 
-impl Problem {
-    fn parse(input: &str) -> Self {
+impl<'a> Onsen<'a> {
+    fn parse(input: &'a str) -> Self {
         let (sources, needed) = input.split_once("\n\n").unwrap();
-        let sources = sources.split(", ").map(|x| x.to_owned()).collect();
-        let needed = needed.lines().map(|x| x.to_owned()).collect();
+        let segments = sources.split(", ").collect();
+        let towels = needed.lines().collect();
 
-        Self { sources, needed }
+        Self { segments, towels }
     }
 
-    fn possible(&self, design: usize) -> bool {
-        fn _inner<'a>(
-            memo: &mut HashMap<&'a str, bool>,
-            expected: &'a str,
-            sources: &[String],
-        ) -> bool {
-            if let Some(&cache) = memo.get(expected) {
-                return cache;
-            }
-
-            if expected.len() == 0 {
-                memo.insert(expected, true);
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            for source in sources {
-                if expected.len() >= source.len()
-                    && expected.starts_with(source)
-                    && _inner(memo, &expected[source.len()..], &sources)
-                {
-                    memo.insert(expected, true);
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-
-            memo.insert(expected, false);
-            false
-        }
+    /// Returns the number of possible towel designs by counting all the towels
+    /// that can be made a non-zero number of ways.
+    fn possible(&self) -> usize {
+        self.towels
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|x| count_ways(&mut HashMap::new(), x, &self.segments) != 0)
+            .count()
+    }
 
-        _inner(&mut HashMap::new(), &self.needed[design], &self.sources)
+    /// Here we just sum up the number of ways each towel can be made.
+    fn ways(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.towels
+            .iter()
+            .map(|x| count_ways(&mut HashMap::new(), x, &self.segments))
+            .sum()
     }
+}
 
-    fn ways(&self, design: usize) -> u64 {
-        fn _inner<'a>(
-            memo: &mut HashMap<&'a str, u64>,
-            expected: &'a str,
-            sources: &[String],
-        ) -> u64 {
-            if let Some(&cache) = memo.get(expected) {
-                return cache;
-            }
-
-            if expected.len() == 0 {
-                return 1;
-            }
-
-            let mut ways = 0;
-            for source in sources {
-                if expected.len() >= source.len() && expected.starts_with(source) {
-                    ways += _inner(memo, &expected[source.len()..], &sources);
-                }
-            }
-
-            memo.insert(expected, ways);
-            ways
-        }
+fn count_ways<'a>(memo: &mut HashMap<&'a str, u64>, expected: &'a str, sources: &[&'a str]) -> u64 {
+    if let Some(&cache) = memo.get(expected) {
+        return cache;
+    }
 
-        _inner(&mut HashMap::new(), &self.needed[design], &self.sources)
+    // If there is no more towel to find designs for, we have found one way to
+    // make the towel.
+    if expected.is_empty() {
+        return 1;
     }
+
+    // Otherwise, we will sum up the number of ways the towel can be made from
+    // adding each of the available segments to the current towel, but only the
+    // ones that match the current pattern.
+    let mut ways = 0;
+    for source in sources {
+        if expected.len() >= source.len() && expected.starts_with(source) {
+            ways += count_ways(memo, &expected[source.len()..], sources);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Memoization!!! This is what allows us to avoid evaluating huge segments
+    // of the tree and get good performance.
+    memo.insert(expected, ways);
+    ways
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]