Improved solutions

2022/src/bin/day2.rs

@@ -95,14 +95,6 @@ impl From<&Hand> for u32 {
 }
 
 // -- Helper functions --
-// Convert the round to a tuple containing the actions of both players
-fn convert(round: &str) -> (&str, &str) {
-    match round.split_once(" ") {
-        Some((a, b)) => (a, b),
-        None => panic!("Invalid input: {round}"),
-    }
-}
-
 fn calc_score(sum: u32, (a, b): (Hand, Hand)) -> u32 {
     sum + b.play(&a) + u32::from(&b)
 }
@@ -116,16 +108,14 @@ impl aoc::Solver for Day {
 
     fn part1(input: &str) -> u32 {
         input.lines()
-            .filter(|round| round.len() > 0)
-            .map(convert)
+            .filter_map(|round| round.split_once(" "))
             .map(|(a, b)| (Hand::from(a), Hand::from(b)))
             .fold(0, calc_score)
     }
 
     fn part2(input: &str) -> u32 {
         input.lines()
-            .filter(|round| round.len() > 0)
-            .map(convert)
+            .filter_map(|round| round.split_once(" "))
             .map(|(a, b)| {
                 let opponent = Hand::from(a);
                 (opponent, opponent.strategy(b))

2022/src/bin/day3.rs

@@ -29,13 +29,28 @@ mod tests {
 }
 
 // -- Helpers --
-fn convert(c: &u8) -> u32 {
+fn convert(c: char) -> u32 {
     let result = match c {
-        b'a'..=b'z' => c - b'a' + 1,
-        b'A'..=b'Z' => c - b'A' + 27,
+        'a'..='z' => c as u32 - 'a' as u32 + 1,
+        'A'..='Z' => c as u32 - 'A' as u32 + 27,
         _ => panic!("Invalid input"),
     };
-    result as u32
+    result
+}
+
+// Very nice alternative way to find the overlap
+// Based on something I say online
+// Part 1 could also be adapted to use this, but for historical sake I will leave that as is
+// Part 2 was originally done the same as part 1, just with an extra condition in the if
+fn find_common(group: &[&str]) -> char {
+    let mut common = group[0].chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    // Only keep characters that appear in all other strings
+    common.retain(|&c| {
+        group[1..].iter().all(|g| g.contains(c))
+    });
+
+    *common.first().expect("Should be one overlap")
 }
 
 // -- Solution --
@@ -49,11 +64,9 @@ impl aoc::Solver for Day {
         input.lines()
             .map(|line| line.split_at(line.len()/2))
             .map(|(a, b)| {
-                // @NOTE This is not really ok if the string contains multi byte characters, this
-                // is however not the case here
-                for c in a.as_bytes() {
+                for c in a.chars() {
                     // There is always one character in common between the two sides
-                    if b.contains(*c as char) {
+                    if b.contains(c) {
                         return c;
                     }
                 }
@@ -67,24 +80,7 @@ impl aoc::Solver for Day {
         input.lines()
             .collect::<Vec<_>>()
             .chunks(3)
-            .map(|group| {
-                if let [a, b, c] = group {
-                    (a, b, c)
-                } else {
-                    panic!("The total amount of lines should be a multiple of 3")
-                }
-            })
-            .map(|(a, b, c)| {
-                // @NOTE This is not really ok if the string contains multi byte characters, this
-                // is however not the case here
-                for l in a.as_bytes() {
-                    // There is always one character in common between the three rucksacks
-                    if b.contains(*l as char) && c.contains(*l as char) {
-                        return l;
-                    }
-                }
-                unreachable!("No characters in common, this should never happen")
-            })
+            .map(find_common)
             .map(convert)
             .sum()
     }

2022/src/bin/day4.rs

@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ fn overlaps((a, b): &(Elf, Elf)) -> bool {
 
 // Transform from line to pair of Elfs
 fn transform(s: &str) -> (Elf, Elf) {
-    let transformed = s.split(',')
-        .flat_map(|pair| pair.split('-'))
+    let transformed = s
+        .replace("-", ",")
+        .split(',')
         .flat_map(|value| value.parse::<u32>())
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();