Implement another approach for day 1

2023/1/2/src/main.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-fn main() {
-    let input = std::fs::read_to_string("./input").unwrap();
-
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct FirstLast {
     first: Option<u32>,
@@ -31,7 +28,8 @@ fn main() {
 struct SpelledOutNumber(u32);
 
 impl SpelledOutNumber {
-        fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+    fn parse(value: &[char]) -> Option<Self> {
+        let value: String = value.into_iter().collect();
         if value.starts_with("one") {
             Some(Self(1))
         } else if value.starts_with("two") {
@@ -56,7 +54,13 @@ fn main() {
     }
 }
 
-    let out: u32 = input
+fn main() {
+    let input = std::fs::read_to_string("./input").unwrap();
+
+    let approaches: Vec<u32> = vec![
+        // go through the string one by one, check the value at that position and record it into
+        // a `FirstLast` recorder that holds state
+        input
             .lines()
             .map(|line| {
                 let line: Vec<char> = line.chars().collect();
@@ -66,8 +70,7 @@ fn main() {
                     if let Some(digit) = c.to_digit(10) {
                         recorder.record(digit)
                     } else {
-                    let rest = &line[i..].iter().collect::<String>();
+                        if let Some(digit) = SpelledOutNumber::parse(&line[i..]) {
-                    if let Some(digit) = SpelledOutNumber::parse(rest.as_str()) {
                             recorder.record(digit.0)
                         }
                     }
@@ -75,7 +78,60 @@ fn main() {
                 recorder
             })
             .map(FirstLast::value)
-        .sum();
+            .sum(),
-
+        //
-    println!("{out}");
+        // go through the string one by one, transform it into an array of digits and go from there
+        // i prefer this approach, as there is no stateful iteration
+        input
+            .lines()
+            .map(|line| line.chars().collect::<Vec<char>>())
+            .map(|line| {
+                (0..line.len())
+                    .map(move |pos| {
+                        if let Some(digit) = line[pos].to_digit(10) {
+                            Some(digit)
+                        } else {
+                            SpelledOutNumber::parse(&line[pos..line.len()]).map(|s| s.0)
+                        }
+                    })
+                    .filter_map(|e| e)
+                    .collect::<Vec<u32>>()
+            })
+            // peculiar: if there is only one digit, use it for both the tenths digit and and ones digit
+            .map(|result| (result[0], *result.last().unwrap_or(&result[0])))
+            .map(|(d1, d2)| d1 * 10 + d2)
+            .sum(),
+    ];
+
+    enum Acc {
+        Init,
+        Some(u32),
+    }
+
+    impl Acc {
+        fn unwrap(self) -> u32 {
+            match self {
+                Self::Init => panic!("Accumulator did not contain a number"),
+                Self::Some(val) => val,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // check that all approaches result in the same result
+    let result = approaches
+        .iter()
+        // try_reduce would be nicer here
+        .try_fold(Acc::Init, |acc, value| {
+            if let Acc::Some(acc) = acc {
+                if acc != *value {
+                    return Err("approaches give different results");
+                }
+            };
+            Ok(Acc::Some(*value))
+        })
+        .unwrap() // check that there were no different results
+        .unwrap() // check that there were results at all (cannot fail)
+    ;
+
+    println!("{result}");
 }