Did the LCD thing, but not happy about it. refactored to answers with u64

Cargo.lock

@@ -7,8 +7,15 @@ name = "advent_2023"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "itertools",
+ "num",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -23,3 +30,79 @@ checksum = "25db6b064527c5d482d0423354fcd07a89a2dfe07b67892e62411946db7f07b0"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b05180d69e3da0e530ba2a1dae5110317e49e3b7f3d41be227dc5f92e49ee7af"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-bigint",
+ "num-complex",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-iter",
+ "num-rational",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-bigint"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "608e7659b5c3d7cba262d894801b9ec9d00de989e8a82bd4bef91d08da45cdc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-complex"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ba157ca0885411de85d6ca030ba7e2a83a28636056c7c699b07c8b6f7383214"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-integer"
+version = "0.1.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "225d3389fb3509a24c93f5c29eb6bde2586b98d9f016636dff58d7c6f7569cd9"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-iter"
+version = "0.1.43"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d03e6c028c5dc5cac6e2dec0efda81fc887605bb3d884578bb6d6bf7514e252"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-rational"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0638a1c9d0a3c0914158145bc76cff373a75a627e6ecbfb71cbe6f453a5a19b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "num-bigint",
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]

Cargo.toml

@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 itertools = "0.12.0"
+num = "0.4.1"

src/days/day1.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 
 use std::{path::Path, vec};
 
+use itertools::Itertools;
+
 use crate::{input::read_into_vec, error::AdventError};
 
-fn process(lines: Vec::<String>) -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+fn process(lines: Vec::<String>) -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
-    let calibrations: Vec<u32> = lines.iter().map(|v| {
+    let calibrations = lines.iter().map(|v| {
         let first_digit = v.as_bytes()
             .iter()
             .skip_while(|i| {
@@ -18,14 +20,14 @@ fn process(lines: Vec::<String>) -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
             .skip_while(|i| { **i < 48u8 || **i > 57u8 })
             .take(1).collect::<Vec::<&u8>>()[0];
 
-        (*first_digit - 48) as u32 * 10 + (*last_digit - 48) as u32
+        (*first_digit - 48) as u64 * 10 + (*last_digit - 48) as u64
 
-    }).collect();
+    }).collect_vec();
 
-    Ok(calibrations.iter().sum::<u32>())
+    Ok(calibrations.iter().sum())
 }
 
-pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn one() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let lines: Vec<String> = read_into_vec::<String>(Path::new("resources/input1.txt"))?;
     Ok(process(lines)?)
 }
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
 struct Mutation(usize, char);
 struct Pattern(&'static str, char);
 
-pub fn two() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn two() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let mut lines = read_into_vec(Path::new("resources/input1.txt"))?;
     
     let mut mutations = Vec::<Mutation>::new();

src/days/day2.rs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ impl FromStr for Group {
 
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         let split = s.split(' ').collect::<Vec<&str>>();
-        Ok(Group{count: u32::from_str(split[0])?, color: Color::from_str(split[1])?})
+        Ok(Group{count: u64::from_str(split[0])?, color: Color::from_str(split[1])?})
     }
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl FromStr for Game {
 
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
         let split = s.split(':').collect::<Vec<&str>>();
-        let id = u32::from_str(split[0].split(' ').collect::<Vec<&str>>()[1])?;
+        let id = u64::from_str(split[0].split(' ').collect::<Vec<&str>>()[1])?;
         let pulls = split[1];
         let mut res = Vec::<Pull>::new();
         for pull in pulls.split(',') {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ enum Color {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct Group {
-    count: u32,
+    count: u64,
     color: Color,
 }
 
@@ -73,14 +73,14 @@ struct Pull {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct Game {
-    id: u32,
+    id: u64,
     pulls: Vec<Pull>
 }
 
 
-pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn one() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let games: Vec<Game> = read_into_vec(Path::new("resources/input2.txt"))?;
-    let mut sum: u32 = 0;
+    let mut sum: u64 = 0;
 
     let max_red = 12;
     let max_green = 13;
@@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
     Ok(sum)
 }
 
-pub fn two() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn two() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let games: Vec<Game> = read_into_vec(Path::new("resources/input2.txt"))?;
-    let mut power: u32 = 0;
+    let mut power: u64 = 0;
 
     for game in games.iter() {
-        let mut max_nr_red = 0;
+        let mut max_nr_red = 0u64;
-        let mut max_nr_green = 0;
+        let mut max_nr_green = 0u64;
-        let mut max_nr_blue = 0;
+        let mut max_nr_blue = 0u64;
         for pull in game.pulls.iter() {
             for group in pull.groups.iter() {
                 match group.color {

src/days/day3.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::{input::read_into_vec, error::AdventError};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct Number {
-    value: u32,
+    value: u64,
     position: u8,
     length: u8
 }
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ fn filter_gears(rows: &mut Vec<RowInfo>) -> &mut Vec<RowInfo> {
     rows
 }
 
-pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn one() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let rows = read_into_vec::<RowInfo>(Path::new("resources/input3.txt"))?;
-    let mut sum: u32 = 0;
+    let mut sum: u64 = 0;
     for (i, row) in rows.iter().enumerate() {
         for number in row.numbers.iter() {
             let coords = gen_coords_number(i, number);
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
     Ok(sum)
 }
 
-pub fn two() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn two() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let mut rows = read_into_vec::<RowInfo>(Path::new("resources/input3.txt"))?;
     rows = filter_gears(&mut rows).clone();
-    let mut sum: u32 = 0;
+    let mut sum: u64 = 0;
     for (i, row) in rows.iter().enumerate() {
         for symbol in row.symbols.iter() {
             let coords = gen_coords_symbol(i, symbol);

src/days/day4.rs

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct ScratchGame {
     winning_numbers: HashSet<i32>
 }
 
-pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn one() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let games = read_into_vec::<ScratchGame>(Path::new("resources/input4.txt"))?;
     Ok(games.into_iter().fold(Ok(0), |acc: Result<u64, AdventError>, game: ScratchGame| {
         let acc = acc?;
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
             0 => 0,
             x => (2 as u64).pow((x-1).try_into()?)
         })
-    })? as u32)
+    })? as u64)
 }
 
-pub fn two() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn two() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let games = read_into_vec::<ScratchGame>(Path::new("resources/input4.txt"))?;
-    let mut vec = Vec::<u32>::new();
+    let mut vec = Vec::<u64>::new();
     vec.resize(games.len(), 1);
     
     Ok(games.into_iter().fold(0, | acc, game | {

src/days/day5.rs

@@ -214,15 +214,15 @@ impl FromStr for Almanac {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError>
+pub fn one() -> Result<u64, AdventError>
 {
     let almanac = read_into::<Almanac>(Path::new("resources/input5.txt".into()))?;
-    Ok(almanac.find_closest(true)?)
+    Ok(almanac.find_closest(true)? as u64)
 }
 
-pub fn two() -> Result<u32, AdventError>
+pub fn two() -> Result<u64, AdventError>
 {
     let mut almanac = read_into::<Almanac>(Path::new("resources/input5.txt".into()))?;
     almanac.interpret_range();
-    Ok(almanac.find_closest(false)?)
+    Ok(almanac.find_closest(false)? as u64)
 }

src/days/day6.rs

@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ pub fn number_of_record_beating_chances(max_time: i128, record: i128) -> u32 {
     (answer2.ceil() - answer1.ceil()) as u32
 }
 
-pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn one() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let overview = read_into::<RecordsOverview>(Path::new("resources/input6.txt"))?;
     Ok(overview.records.iter().fold(1, |acc, record| {
         acc * number_of_record_beating_chances(record.time.into(), record.distance.into())
-    }))
+    }) as u64)
 }
 
-pub fn two() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn two() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let record = read_into::<Record>(Path::new("resources/input6.txt"))?;
-    Ok(number_of_record_beating_chances(record.time.into(), record.distance.into())) 
+    Ok(number_of_record_beating_chances(record.time.into(), record.distance.into()) as u64) 
 }

src/days/day7.rs

@@ -421,18 +421,18 @@ impl FromStr for LineTwo {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn one() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let mut lines = read_into_vec::<LineOne>(Path::new("resources/input7.txt".into()))?;
     lines.sort();
     Ok(lines.iter().enumerate().fold(0, |acc, (rank, hand)| {
         acc + (rank as u32 + 1) * hand.bid
-    }))
+    }) as u64)
 }
 
-pub fn two() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn two() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let mut lines = read_into_vec::<LineTwo>(Path::new("resources/input7.txt".into()))?;
     lines.sort();
     Ok(lines.iter().enumerate().fold(0, |acc, (rank, hand)| {
         acc + (rank as u32 + 1) * hand.bid
-    }))
+    }) as u64)
 }

src/days/day8.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::{path::Path, str::FromStr, collections::HashMap};
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
+use num::integer::gcd;
 
 use crate::{error::AdventError, input::read_into};
 
@@ -105,35 +106,38 @@ fn is_end1(node: &String) -> bool {
     node == &"ZZZ".to_string()
 }
 
-fn is_end2(nodes: &Vec<String>) -> bool {
+fn is_end2(node: &String) -> bool {
-    nodes.iter().all(|x| {
+    node.ends_with('Z')
-        x.ends_with('Z')
-    })
 }
 
-pub fn one() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn one() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let map = read_into::<Map1>(Path::new("resources/input8.txt"))?.0;
     let mut node = map.start[0].clone();
     for (i, direction) in map.directions.iter().cycle().enumerate() {
         node = map.take_step(&node, direction)?;
         if is_end1(&node) {
-            return Ok(i as u32 +1);
+            return Ok(i as u64 + 1);
         }
     }
     panic!("Cycle iterator should never terminate")
 }
 
-pub fn two() -> Result<u32, AdventError> {
+pub fn two() -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
     let map = read_into::<Map2>(Path::new("resources/input8.txt"))?.0;
     let mut nodes = map.start.clone();
-    for (i, direction) in map.directions.iter().cycle().enumerate() {
+    let iterations = nodes.iter_mut().map(|current| {
-        nodes = nodes.iter().map(|current| {
+        for (i, direction) in map.directions.iter().cycle().enumerate() {
-            map.take_step(&current, direction)
+            current.clone_from(&map.take_step(current, direction)?);
-        }).collect::<Result<Vec<String>,AdventError>>()?.iter().unique().map(|x| x.clone()).collect_vec();
+            if is_end2(&current) {
-
+                return Ok((i + 1) as u64);
-        if is_end2(&nodes) {
+            }  
-            return Ok(i as u32 +1);
         }
-    }
+        panic!("Cycle iterator should never terminate")
-    panic!("Cycle iterator should never terminate")
+    }).collect::<Result<Vec<u64>, AdventError>>()?;
+    let mut iter = iterations.into_iter();
+    let acc = iter.next().unwrap() as u64;
+    Ok(iter.fold(Ok(acc), |acc, i| -> Result<u64, AdventError> {
+        let accumulator = acc?;
+        return Ok(i * accumulator / gcd(i, accumulator));
+    })?)
 }

src/main.rs

@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ use crate::error::AdventError;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), AdventError> {
     let days = vec![
-        (day1::one as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>, day1::two as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>),
+        (day1::one as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>, day1::two as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>),
-        (day2::one as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>, day2::two as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>),
+        (day2::one as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>, day2::two as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>),
-        (day3::one as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>, day3::two as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>),
+        (day3::one as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>, day3::two as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>),
-        (day4::one as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>, day4::two as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>),
+        (day4::one as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>, day4::two as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>),
-        (day5::one as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>, day5::two as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>),
+        (day5::one as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>, day5::two as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>),
-        (day6::one as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>, day6::two as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>),
+        (day6::one as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>, day6::two as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>),
-        (day7::one as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>, day7::two as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>),
+        (day7::one as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>, day7::two as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>),
-        (day8::one as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>, day8::two as fn() -> Result<u32, AdventError>),
+        (day8::one as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>, day8::two as fn() -> Result<u64, AdventError>),
     ];
 
     if env::args().len() == 1 {
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), AdventError> {
             let one_result = one()?;
             let two_result = two()?;
             Ok((one_result, two_result))
-        }).enumerate().map(|(index, r): (usize, Result<(u32, u32), AdventError>)| {
+        }).enumerate().map(|(index, r): (usize, Result<(u64, u64), AdventError>)| {
             match r {
                 Ok((res1, res2)) => println!("{}: ({}, {})", index + 1, res1, res2),
                 Err(e) => println!("Error: {}", e.0)