# Day Nineteen: Monster Messages import std/[os, strutils, sequtils, sugar, algorithm] let input = paramStr(1).readFile().strip().split("\n\n") var rules: seq[string] = input[0].strip().split("\n") .sortedByIt(it.split(": ")[0].parseInt()).mapIt(it.split(": ")[1]) let messages: seq[string] = input[1].strip().split("\n") func replace(a: string, target: int, with: string): string = var replaced = false for chunk in a.split(" "): if chunk[0] != '"' and chunk.parseInt() == target and not replaced: result &= with # probably the bug replaced = true else: result &= chunk result &= " " result.strip() var stack: seq[string] var generated: seq[string] stack.add(rules[0]) while stack.len > 0: # slow as all hell... but works! var current = stack.pop if not current.contains({'0'..'9'}): generated.add(current) else: var nextindex = current.split(" ") .filterIt(it[0] != '"')[0].parseInt() var nextrule = rules[nextindex] for chunk in nextrule.split(" | "): stack.add(current.replace(nextindex, chunk)) generated.applyIt(it.replace("\"", "").replace(" ", "")) var sum = 0 for line in messages: if line in generated: inc sum echo sum