private int TraverseFindUnbalancedNodeProperWeight(TowerItem towerItem)
{
if (towerItem.Children == null)
{
return(-1);
}
// See if any of our children's towers are unbalanced
foreach (TowerItem child in towerItem.Children)
{
int childResult = TraverseFindUnbalancedNodeProperWeight(child);
if (childResult != -1)
{
return(childResult);
}
}
// They aren't; so now see if the towers starting from this item are unbalanced
if (towerItem.Children.Select(childItem => childItem.DescendantsWeight + childItem.Weight).Distinct().Count() > 1)
{
return(CalculateWeightCorrection(towerItem));
}
return(-1);
}
public void Run()
{
List <TowerItem> towerItems = ProcessInput();
TowerItem rootItem = towerItems.Where(ti => ti.Parent == null).Single();
Console.WriteLine("Part 1 solution: " + rootItem.Name);
TraverseAssignDescendantsWeights(rootItem);
int correctedWeightForIncorrectItem = TraverseFindUnbalancedNodeProperWeight(rootItem);
Console.WriteLine("Part 2 solution: " + correctedWeightForIncorrectItem);
}
/// <summary>
/// If there's an existing TowerItem in the list with the specified name, returns it.
/// Otherwise, creates a new TowerItem with that name, adds it to the list, and returns that.
/// </summary>
private TowerItem GetExistingOrNewTowerItem(string name, List <TowerItem> towerItems)
{
TowerItem towerItem = towerItems.SingleOrDefault(ti => ti.Name == name);
if (towerItem == null)
{
towerItem = new TowerItem {
Name = name, Children = new List <TowerItem>()
};
towerItems.Add(towerItem);
}
return(towerItem);
}
private void WireUpRelationships(string inputLine, TowerItem towerItem, List <TowerItem> towerItems)
{
string[] childNames = GetTowerItemNames(inputLine);
if (childNames == null)
{
return;
}
foreach (string childName in childNames)
{
TowerItem childItem = GetExistingOrNewTowerItem(childName, towerItems);
towerItem.Children.Add(childItem);
childItem.Parent = towerItem;
}
}
private List <TowerItem> ProcessInput()
{
List <TowerItem> towerItems = new List <TowerItem>();
string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines("day07input.txt");
foreach (string line in lines)
{
string name = GetName(line);
TowerItem towerItem = GetExistingOrNewTowerItem(name, towerItems);
towerItem.Weight = GetWeight(line);
WireUpRelationships(line, towerItem, towerItems);
}
return(towerItems);
}
private int CalculateWeightCorrection(TowerItem towerItem)
{
TowerItem childWithIncorrectWeight = FindChildWithUniqueWeight(towerItem.Children);
int correctChildTotalWeight;
if (towerItem.Children[0] == childWithIncorrectWeight)
{
correctChildTotalWeight = towerItem.Children[1].Weight + towerItem.Children[1].DescendantsWeight;
}
else
{
correctChildTotalWeight = towerItem.Children[0].Weight + towerItem.Children[0].DescendantsWeight;
}
int correctedWeightForIncorrectChild = correctChildTotalWeight - childWithIncorrectWeight.DescendantsWeight;
return(correctedWeightForIncorrectChild);
}
private int TraverseAssignDescendantsWeights(TowerItem towerItem)
{
if (towerItem.Children == null)
{
towerItem.DescendantsWeight = 0;
return(towerItem.Weight);
}
int totalDescendantsWeights = 0;
foreach (TowerItem child in towerItem.Children)
{
totalDescendantsWeights += TraverseAssignDescendantsWeights(child);
}
towerItem.DescendantsWeight = totalDescendantsWeights;
return(totalDescendantsWeights + towerItem.Weight);
}
private TowerItem FindChildWithUniqueWeight(List <TowerItem> childItems)
{
Dictionary <int, int> weightToCountMap = new Dictionary <int, int>();
for (int i = 0; i < childItems.Count; i++)
{
if (!weightToCountMap.ContainsKey(childItems[i].Weight + childItems[i].DescendantsWeight))
{
weightToCountMap[childItems[i].Weight + childItems[i].DescendantsWeight] = 0;
}
weightToCountMap[childItems[i].Weight + childItems[i].DescendantsWeight]++;
}
int uniqueWeight = weightToCountMap.Single(wtcm => wtcm.Value == 1).Key;
TowerItem childWithUniqueWeight = childItems.Where(ci => ci.Weight + ci.DescendantsWeight == uniqueWeight).Single();
return(childWithUniqueWeight);
}