const std = @import("std"); const print = std.debug.print; const file = @embedFile("input"); // Take first free space and last file and swap const Block = struct { id: ?usize, type_: enum { file, empty }, }; pub fn main() !void { var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){}; const allocator = gpa.allocator(); var total_file_block: usize = 0; var total_free_block: usize = 0; var list = std.ArrayList(Block).init(allocator); for (file[0 .. file.len - 1], 0..) |c, i| { const number = c - '0'; if (i % 2 == 0) { total_file_block += number; for (0..number) |_| try list.append(Block{ .id = @divFloor(i, 2), .type_ = .file }); } else { total_free_block += number; for (0..number) |_| try list.append(Block{ .id = null, .type_ = .empty }); } } sort(list.items, total_file_block); try std.testing.expectEqual(6401092019345, checksum(list.items, total_file_block)); } fn checksum(list: []Block, total_file_block: usize) usize { var total: usize = 0; for (list[0..total_file_block], 0..) |block, i| total += block.id.? * i; return total; } fn sort(list: []Block, total_file_block: usize) void { var left_index: usize = 0; var right_index: usize = list.len - 1; var block_buff: Block = undefined; // I dont want a while loop where I check the list everytime, I need to know the number of swap that I need to do and use a for loop // Like that I dont need to check if the list is sorted, it will be at the end of the for loop // To know how many to move I need to know the number of file block and free block. This I can do it when I parse the first time. // Then I can parse the list one time and for each type not at the right position, it's a swap, then divide by 2 for (0..total_swap_needed(list, total_file_block)) |_| { left_index = next_empty_block(list, left_index).?; right_index = next_file_block(list, right_index).?; block_buff = list[left_index]; list[left_index] = list[right_index]; list[right_index] = block_buff; } } fn next_empty_block(list: []Block, index: usize) ?usize { for (index..list.len) |i| if (list[i].type_ == .empty) return i; return null; } fn next_file_block(list: []Block, index: usize) ?usize { for (0..index) |i| if (list[index - i].type_ == .file) return (index - i); return null; } fn total_swap_needed(list: []Block, total_file_block: usize) usize { var total: usize = 0; for (list, 0..) |block, i| { if ((block.type_ == .file and i > total_file_block) or (block.type_ == .empty and i < total_file_block)) total += 1; } return @divFloor(total, 2); }