day 18 done

2023/18/part 1 solution.py

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+with open(r'advent_of_code\2023\18\input.txt', 'r') as file:
+    input = file.read()
+
+test_input = '''R 6 (#70c710)
+D 5 (#0dc571)
+L 2 (#5713f0)
+D 2 (#d2c081)
+R 2 (#59c680)
+D 2 (#411b91)
+L 5 (#8ceee2)
+U 2 (#caa173)
+L 1 (#1b58a2)
+U 2 (#caa171)
+R 2 (#7807d2)
+U 3 (#a77fa3)
+L 2 (#015232)
+U 2 (#7a21e3)'''
+
+# input = test_input
+input = input.split('\n')
+
+# Initialize a list of points with the origin (0, 0)
+points = [(0, 0)]
+
+# Define the directions for "Up", "Down", "Left", "Right"
+directions = {"U": (-1, 0), "D": (1, 0), "L": (0, -1), "R": (0, 1)}
+
+# Initialize a variable to keep track of the total distance moved
+total_distance = 0
+
+# Read each line from the input
+for line in input:
+    # Split the line into direction, number of steps, and ignore the rest
+    direction, num_steps, _ = line.split()
+    
+    # Get the direction vector for the current direction
+    direction_vector = directions[direction]
+    
+    # Convert the number of steps to an integer
+    num_steps = int(num_steps)
+    
+    # Add the number of steps to the total distance
+    total_distance += num_steps
+    
+    # Get the last point we moved to
+    last_point = points[-1]
+    
+    # Calculate the new point after moving in the current direction
+    new_point = (last_point[0] + direction_vector[0] * num_steps, last_point[1] + direction_vector[1] * num_steps)
+    
+    # Add the new point to the list of points
+    points.append(new_point)
+
+# Calculate the area of the polygon formed by the points
+area = abs(sum(points[i][0] * (points[i - 1][1] - points[(i + 1) % len(points)][1]) for i in range(len(points)))) // 2
+
+# Calculate the number of interior points
+interior_points = area - total_distance // 2 + 1
+
+#print(points)
+# Print the total number of points covered
+print(interior_points + total_distance)

2023/18/part 2 solution.py

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+with open(r'advent_of_code\2023\18\input.txt', 'r') as file:
+    input = file.read()
+
+test_input = '''R 6 (#70c710)
+D 5 (#0dc571)
+L 2 (#5713f0)
+D 2 (#d2c081)
+R 2 (#59c680)
+D 2 (#411b91)
+L 5 (#8ceee2)
+U 2 (#caa173)
+L 1 (#1b58a2)
+U 2 (#caa171)
+R 2 (#7807d2)
+U 3 (#a77fa3)
+L 2 (#015232)
+U 2 (#7a21e3)'''
+
+# input = test_input
+input = input.split('\n')
+
+# Initialize a list of points with the origin (0, 0)
+points = [(0, 0)]
+
+# Define the directions for "Up", "Down", "Left", "Right"
+directions = {"U": (-1, 0), "D": (1, 0), "L": (0, -1), "R": (0, 1)}
+
+# Initialize a variable to keep track of the total distance moved
+total_distance = 0
+
+# Read each line from the input
+for line in input:
+    # Ignore the first two parts of the line, get the third part
+    _, _, third_part = line.split()
+    
+    # Remove the first two characters and the last character from the third part
+    third_part = third_part[2:-1]
+    
+    # Get the direction and number of steps from the third part
+    direction, num_steps = directions["RDLU"[int(third_part[-1])]], int(third_part[:-1], 16)
+    
+    # Add the number of steps to the total distance
+    total_distance += num_steps
+    
+    # Get the last point we moved to
+    last_point = points[-1]
+    
+    # Calculate the new point after moving in the current direction
+    new_point = (last_point[0] + direction[0] * num_steps, last_point[1] + direction[1] * num_steps)
+    
+    # Add the new point to the list of points
+    points.append(new_point)
+
+# Calculate the area of the polygon formed by the points
+area = abs(sum(points[i][0] * (points[i - 1][1] - points[(i + 1) % len(points)][1]) for i in range(len(points)))) // 2
+
+# Calculate the number of interior points
+interior_points = area - total_distance // 2 + 1
+
+# Print the total number of points covered
+print(interior_points + total_distance)

get_puzzle_text.py

@@ -86,11 +86,16 @@ def create_solution_file(year, day, part):
     os.makedirs(folder, exist_ok=True)
     solution_file = os.path.join(folder, f"part {part} solution.py")
     input_file_path = os.path.join(folder, "input.txt")
-    with open(solution_file, "w") as file:
-        file.write(f"""with open(r'{input_file_path}', 'r') as file:
+
+    # Check if the solution file already exists
+    if not os.path.exists(solution_file):
+        with open(solution_file, "w") as file:
+            file.write(f"""with open(r'{input_file_path}', 'r') as file:
     input = file.read()
 """)
-    print(f"Created {solution_file}")
+        print(f"Created {solution_file}")
+    else:
+        print(f"{solution_file} already exists. No action taken.")
 
 
 # Usage example
@@ -125,4 +130,4 @@ def populate_data(year = current_year, day=current_day):
     else:
         print("Something went wrong. Check the puzzle text.")
 
-populate_data(2023,1)
+populate_data(2023,17)