adventofcode/2018/day05-1.go
2018-12-05 03:49:03 -05:00

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package main
import (
"bytes"
"fmt"
"internal/util"
)
func main() {
data := util.ReadInputBytes()
result := ApplyReactions(data)
fmt.Println(len(result))
}
func ApplyReactions(data []byte) string {
result := data
changed := true
for changed {
result, changed = React1(result)
}
return string(result)
}
// React finds substrings of the form "xX" or "Xx" and removes them, returning
// the resulting bytes.
func React(data []byte) ([]byte, bool) {
result := bytes.Buffer{}
changed := false
for i := 0; i < len(data); i++ {
if i < len(data)-1 &&
data[i] != data[i+1] &&
string(bytes.ToLower([]byte{data[i]})) == string(bytes.ToLower([]byte{data[i+1]})) {
// we've found a reduction; skip over it without writing
// return append(data[:i], data[i+2:]...), true
i++
changed = true
continue
}
result.WriteByte(data[i])
}
// No changes possible.
return result.Bytes(), changed
}