# Day Seventeen: Conway Cubes import std/os, std/sets, std/enumerate let input: string = paramStr(1) type Coord = tuple[x,y,z: int] # Coordinate system: 0,0 is at the top left var dimension: HashSet[Coord] for y, line in enumerate(lines(input)): for x, cube in line: if cube == '#': dimension.incl((x,y,0)) # stdout.write(x, ",", y, " ") # stdout.write(cube) # stdout.write('\n') # echo(dimension) ## Return a tuple describing a dimension's largest axes func maximum(dim: HashSet[Coord]): tuple[x,y,z: int] = result = (0,0,0) for cube in dim: if abs(cube.x) > result.x: result.x = abs(cube.x) if abs(cube.y) > result.y: result.y = abs(cube.y) if abs(cube.z) > result.z: result.z = abs(cube.z) ## Return the number of cubes neighboring an arbitary point in space func neighbors(cube: Coord, dim: HashSet[Coord]): int = result = 0 for x in -1 .. 1: for y in -1 .. 1: for z in -1 .. 1: if ((cube.x+x, cube.y+y, cube.z+z) in dim) and ((x,y,z) != (0,0,0)): inc(result) ## Run one cycle of a pocket dimension func cycle(dim: HashSet[Coord]): HashSet[Coord] = let max = maximum(dim) for x in -max.x-1 .. max.x+1: for y in -max.y-1 .. max.y+1: for z in -max.z-1 .. max.z+1: let coord = (x,y,z) if coord in dim: if coord.neighbors(dim) == 2 or coord.neighbors(dim) == 3: result.incl(coord) if coord notin dim: if coord.neighbors(dim) == 3: result.incl(coord) func cycle(dim: HashSet[Coord], reps: int): HashSet[Coord] = result = dim for i in 1 .. reps: result = cycle(result) ## Visualize output proc echo(dim: HashSet[Coord]) = let max = maximum(dim) for z in -max.z .. max.z: stdout.write("z=", z, '\n') for y in -max.y .. max.y: for x in -max.x .. max.x: if (x,y,z) == (0,0,0): stdout.write('0') elif (x,y,z) in dim: stdout.write('#') else: stdout.write('.') stdout.write('\n') stdout.write('\n') echo len(dimension.cycle(6))