AdventOfCode/2018/day5/day5.exs

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defmodule Day5 do
def upcase?(char), do: char in ?A..?Z
def same_letter?(c1, c2), do: String.upcase(<<c1::utf8>>) === String.upcase(<<c2::utf8>>)
def case_differs?(c1, c2), do: upcase?(c1) !== upcase?(c2)
def react?(c1, c2), do: same_letter?(c1, c2) && case_differs?(c1, c2)
# note: reverses the list - for part 1 doesn't seem to matter
def react(chars) do
Enum.reduce(chars, [], fn
curr, [] -> [curr]
curr, [prev | old] -> if react?(curr, prev), do: old, else: [curr, prev | old]
end)
end
def part1 do
File.read!("input")
|> String.trim()
|> String.to_charlist()
|> react()
|> length()
end
def part2 do
polymer =
File.read!("input")
|> String.trim()
|> String.to_charlist()
lengths =
for lower <- ?a..?z, upper = lower - 32 do
Enum.reject(polymer, &(&1 in [lower, upper]))
|> react()
|> length()
end
Enum.min(lengths)
end
end
IO.puts(Day5.part1())
IO.puts(Day5.part2())