day 12a complete

day12/day 12a/go.mod

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+module PWD
+
+go 1.17

day12/day 12a/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	content := returnContent("../input")
+	//content := returnContent("testInput")
+
+	findEnd("", "start", *content, []string{"start"})
+	fmt.Println(counter)
+
+}
+
+//Cave Class
+type Cave struct {
+	name  string
+	next  []string
+	isBig bool
+}
+
+var counter = 0
+
+func findEnd(path string, cave string, caves map[string]*Cave, visited []string) {
+	if cave == "end" {
+		// fmt.Println(path + "," + "end")
+		counter++
+		return
+	}
+	for _, c := range (*caves[cave]).next {
+		if !caves[c].isBig {
+			if isIn, _ := isInSlice(c, visited); !isIn {
+				findEnd(path+","+cave, c, caves, append(visited, c))
+			}
+		} else {
+			findEnd(path+","+cave, c, caves, visited)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func isInSlice(target string, slice []string) (bool, int) {
+	for i, s := range slice {
+		if s == target {
+			return true, i
+		}
+	}
+	return false, 0
+}
+
+func returnContent(path string) *map[string]*Cave {
+	//read file and return it as an array of integers
+
+	file, err := os.Open(path)
+	content := make(map[string]*Cave)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Unlucky, the file didn't open")
+		return &content
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := strings.Split(scanner.Text(), "-")
+		from, to := line[0], line[1]
+		parseCave(from, to, content)
+		parseCave(to, from, content)
+	}
+
+	return &content
+}
+
+func parseCave(cave string, to string, caves map[string]*Cave) {
+	if target, ok := caves[cave]; !ok {
+		caves[cave] = &Cave{
+			name:  cave,
+			next:  []string{to},
+			isBig: strings.ToUpper(cave) == cave,
+		}
+	} else {
+		target.next = append(target.next, to)
+	}
+
+}

day12/day 12a/testInput

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+dc-end
+HN-start
+start-kj
+dc-start
+dc-HN
+LN-dc
+HN-end
+kj-sa
+kj-HN
+kj-dc