defmodule Day6 do def part1(input) do input |> run_days(80) |> length() end defp run_days(school, 0), do: school defp run_days(school, days), do: run_days(day(school), days - 1) defp day(school), do: Enum.flat_map(school, &fish/1) defp fish(0), do: [6, 8] defp fish(age), do: [age - 1] # Implementing part 2 completely differently to avoid exponential growth def part2(input) do counts = Map.new(0..8, fn age -> {age, 0} end) input |> Enum.frequencies() |> Enum.into(counts) |> run_days2(256) |> Map.values() |> Enum.sum() end defp run_days2(counts, 0), do: counts defp run_days2(counts, days), do: run_days2(day2(counts), days - 1) defp day2(counts) do {breeders, counts} = Map.pop(counts, 0) counts |> Map.new(fn {age, count} -> {age - 1, count} end) |> Map.update(6, 0, &(&1 + breeders)) |> Map.put(8, breeders) end def input do with [input_filename] <- System.argv(), {:ok, input} <- File.read(input_filename) do input |> String.trim() |> String.split(",") |> Enum.map(&String.to_integer/1) else _ -> :error end end ####################### # HERE BE BOILERPLATE # ####################### def run do case input() do :error -> print_usage() input -> run_parts_with_timer(input) end end defp run_parts_with_timer(input) do run_with_timer(1, fn -> part1(input) end) run_with_timer(2, fn -> part2(input) end) end defp run_with_timer(part, fun) do {time, result} = :timer.tc(fun) IO.puts("Part #{part} (completed in #{format_time(time)}):\n") IO.puts("#{result}\n") end defp format_time(μsec) when μsec < 1_000, do: "#{μsec}μs" defp format_time(μsec) when μsec < 1_000_000, do: "#{μsec / 1000}ms" defp format_time(μsec), do: "#{μsec / 1_000_000}s" defp print_usage do IO.puts("Usage: elixir day6.exs input_filename") end end Day6.run()