AdventOfCode2021/day3/3b/main.go

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package main
import (
"bufio"
"fmt"
"math"
"os"
)
func main() {
content := returnContent("../input")
//content := returnContent("testInput")
oxygen, carbon := findOxygenAndCarbon(content, 0)
fmt.Println(oxygen, carbon)
fmt.Println(binaryToInteger(oxygen) * binaryToInteger(carbon))
}
func findOxygenAndCarbon(content *[]string, i int) (oxygen string, carbon string) {
//recursion
oxygen = (*findValues(content, 0, true))[0]
carbon = (*findValues(content, 0, false))[0]
return
}
//recursively find the values that fit the criteria
func findValues(content *[]string, i int, inclusive bool) (values *[]string) {
if len(*content) <= 1 {
return content
}
count := 0
var bit byte = '0'
for j := 0; j < len(*content); j++ {
if ((*content)[j])[i] == '1' {
count++
}
}
if inclusive {
if float64(count) >= float64(len(*content))/2 {
bit = '1'
}
} else {
if float64(count) < float64(len(*content))/2 {
bit = '1'
}
}
var newContent []string
for j := 0; j < len(*content); j++ {
if ((*content)[j])[i] == bit {
newContent = append(newContent, (*content)[j])
}
}
i++
return findValues(&newContent, i, inclusive)
}
func binaryToInteger(input string) (value int) {
n := 0
for i := len(input) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
if input[i] == '1' {
value += (int(math.Pow(float64(2), float64(n))))
}
n++
}
return
}
func returnContent(path string) *[]string {
//read file and return it as an array of integers
file, err := os.Open(path)
var content []string
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Unlucky, the file didn't open")
return &content
}
defer file.Close()
scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
for scanner.Scan() {
content = append(content, scanner.Text())
}
return &content
}