day 16b incomplete

This idea relies on the fact that the packets are sequenstial as opposed to being recursive.

To make it work I  need to make the whole packet processing process a function and pass in the subpackets in

day16/16b/main.go

@@ -1,95 +1,146 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"AdventOfCode2021/shared"
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	content := returnContent("../input")
-	//content := returnContent("../testInput")
-	fmt.Println(content)
+	//content := returnContent("../input")
+	content := returnContent("../testInput")
 
-	startingString := (*content)[0]
-	pairs := make(map[string]string)
-	count := make(map[string]int)
+	binary := shared.HexToBinary(content)
 
-	//Create map of pair values
-	for i := 2; i < len(*content); i++ {
-		split := strings.Split((*content)[i], " -> ")
-		pairs[split[0]] = split[1]
+	pointer := 0
+	version := 0
+	typeID := 0
+	lengthTypeID := "0"
+	length := 11
+	values := []int{}
+
+	answer := 0
+
+	for pointer < len(binary)-6 {
+		//Get version from first 3 Bits
+		current := ""
+		current = binary[pointer : pointer+3]
+		version += shared.BinaryToInteger(&current)
+		pointer += 3
+
+		//determine packet type ID from next 2 bits
+		current = ""
+		current = binary[pointer : pointer+3]
+		typeID = shared.BinaryToInteger(&current)
+		pointer += 3
+
+		if typeID == 4 {
+			//literal value
+			value := ""
+			for {
+				//continue adding the 4 bit values while the packets continue
+				pointer++
+				value += binary[pointer : pointer+4]
+				pointer += 4
+				if binary[pointer-5] == '0' {
+					break
+				}
+			}
+			answer = shared.BinaryToInteger(&value)
+
+		} else {
+			//operator value
+			//find the lenth of the subpackets definition
+			lengthTypeID = string(binary[pointer])
+
+			if lengthTypeID == "0" {
+				length = 15
+			} //default = 11
+			pointer++
+
+			//subpacket length value
+			temp := binary[pointer : pointer+length]
+			length = shared.BinaryToInteger(&temp)
+			fmt.Println(length, lengthTypeID)
+
+			pointer += length
+
+			//assert into values based on typeID (0 = total length, 1 = )
+			if lengthTypeID == "1" {
+				//add the series of 11 bit numbers
+				for i := 0; i < length; i++ {
+					packetString := binary[pointer : pointer+11]
+					values = append(values, shared.BinaryToInteger(&packetString))
+					pointer += 11
+				}
+				fmt.Println(values)
+			} else {
+				fmt.Println("here")
+				//add the series of ... bit numbers
 			}
 
-	//Fill initial list
-	list := LinkedList{Head: &Node{Value: string(startingString[0]), Next: nil}}
-	current := list.Head
-	for i := 1; i < len(startingString); i++ {
-		node := &Node{Value: string(startingString[i]), Next: nil}
-		count[string(startingString[i])]++
-		current.Next = node
-		current = node
+		}
 	}
 
-	//Run iterations on list
-	iterations := 40
-	for i := 1; i <= iterations; i++ {
-		current = list.Head
+	fmt.Println(answer)
 
-		for current.Next != nil {
-			value := pairs[current.Value+current.Next.Value]
-			list.InsertItem(current, current.Next, value)
-			count[value]++
-			current = current.Next.Next
-		}
-		fmt.Println(i)
-	}
+}
 
-	//determine min and max
+func ComputePackets(version int, typeID int, values []int) (answer int) {
+	answer = 0
+	switch typeID {
+	case 0:
+		//sum
+		for _, value := range values {
+			answer += value
+		}
+	case 1:
+		//product
+		for _, value := range values {
+			answer = answer * value
+		}
+	case 2:
+		//min
 		min := math.MaxInt
-	max := 0
-	for _, value := range count {
-		if value > max {
-			max = value
-		} else if value < min {
+		for _, value := range values {
+			if value < min {
 				min = value
 			}
 		}
-
-	fmt.Println(max - min)
-
-}
-
-type LinkedList struct {
-	Head *Node
-}
-
-func (l *LinkedList) InsertItem(first *Node, second *Node, value string) {
-	first.Next = &Node{Value: value, Next: second}
-}
-
-func (l *LinkedList) PrintList() {
-	list := []string{}
-	current := l.Head
-	for current != nil {
-		list = append(list, current.Value)
-		current = current.Next
+	case 3:
+		//max
+		for _, value := range values {
+			if value > answer {
+				answer = value
 			}
-	fmt.Println(list)
+		}
+	case 5:
+		//greater than
+		if values[0] > values[1] {
+			answer = 1
+		}
+	case 6:
+		//less than
+		if values[0] < values[1] {
+			answer = 1
+		}
+	case 7:
+		//equal to
+		if values[0] == values[1] {
+			answer = 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	return
 }
 
-type Node struct {
-	Value string
-	Next  *Node
-}
-
-func returnContent(path string) *[]string {
+func returnContent(path string) *string {
 	//read file and return it as an array of integers
 
 	file, err := os.Open(path)
-	var content []string
+	var content string
 
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println("Unlucky, the file didn't open")
@@ -100,7 +151,7 @@ func returnContent(path string) *[]string {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
 
 	for scanner.Scan() {
-		content = append(content, scanner.Text())
+		content = scanner.Text()
 	}
 
 	return &content

day16/testInput

@@ -1 +1 @@
-620080001611562C8802118E34
+EE00D40C823060