module Day09 open System.IO type Vec2D = | Vec2D of int * int static member zero = Vec2D(0, 0) static member (+)(Vec2D (x1, y1), Vec2D (x2, y2)) = Vec2D(x1 + x2, y1 + y2) static member (-)(Vec2D (x1, y1), Vec2D (x2, y2)) = Vec2D(x1 - x2, y1 - y2) static member chebyshevDist (Vec2D (x1, y1)) (Vec2D (x2, y2)) = max (abs <| x2 - x1) (abs <| y2 - y1) let directionToVec = Vec2D << function | 'U' -> (0, 1) | 'R' -> (1, 0) | 'D' -> (0, -1) | 'L' -> (-1, 0) | char -> failwithf "Invalid direction: %c" char let parseHeadMoves = Seq.collect (fun (line: string) -> List.replicate (int line[2..]) (directionToVec line[0])) let constrainTail head tail = if Vec2D.chebyshevDist head tail <= 1 then tail else let (Vec2D (dx, dy)) = head - tail tail + Vec2D(sign dx, sign dy) let createRope length = List.replicate length Vec2D.zero let solution ropeLength = parseHeadMoves >> Seq.scan (fun rope move -> match rope with | h :: t -> List.scan constrainTail (h + move) t | [] -> []) (createRope ropeLength) >> Seq.map Seq.last >> Set >> Set.count let test = File.ReadLines("test.txt") assert (solution 2 test = 13) assert (solution 10 test = 1) let input = File.ReadLines("input.txt") printfn "%d" <| solution 2 input printfn "%d" <| solution 10 input