Day 10: Hoof It

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Rust

Definitely a nice and easy one, I accidentally solved part 2 first, because I skimmed the challenge and missed the unique part.

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {

    const DIR_ORDER: [(i8, i8); 4] = [(-1, 0), (0, 1), (1, 0), (0, -1)];

    fn walk_trail(board: &Vec<Vec<i8>>, level: i8, i: i8, j: i8) -> Vec<(i8, i8)> {
        let mut paths = vec![];
        if i < 0 || j < 0 {
            return paths;
        }
        let actual_level = match board.get(i as usize) {
            None => return paths,
            Some(line) => match line.get(j as usize) {
                None => return paths,
                Some(c) => c,
            },
        };
        if *actual_level != level {
            return paths;
        }
        if *actual_level == 9 {
            return vec![(i, j)];
        }

        for dir in DIR_ORDER.iter() {
            paths.extend(walk_trail(board, level + 1, i + dir.0, j + dir.1));
        }
        paths
    }

    fn count_unique(p0: &Vec<(i8, i8)>) -> u32 {
        let mut dedup = vec![];
        for p in p0.iter() {
            if !dedup.contains(p) {
                dedup.push(*p);
            }
        }
        dedup.len() as u32
    }

    #[test]
    fn day10_part1_test() {
        let input = std::fs::read_to_string("src/input/day_10.txt").unwrap();

        let board = input
            .trim()
            .split('\n')
            .map(|line| {
                line.chars()
                    .map(|c| {
                        if c == '.' {
                            -1
                        } else {
                            c.to_digit(10).unwrap() as i8
                        }
                    })
                    .collect::<Vec<i8>>()
            })
            .collect::<Vec<Vec<i8>>>();

        let mut total = 0;

        for (i, row) in board.iter().enumerate() {
            for (j, pos) in row.iter().enumerate() {
                if *pos == 0 {
                    let all_trails = walk_trail(&board, 0, i as i8, j as i8);
                    total += count_unique(&all_trails);
                }
            }
        }

        println!("{}", total);
    }
    #[test]
    fn day10_part2_test() {
        let input = std::fs::read_to_string("src/input/day_10.txt").unwrap();

        let board = input
            .trim()
            .split('\n')
            .map(|line| {
                line.chars()
                    .map(|c| {
                        if c == '.' {
                            -1
                        } else {
                            c.to_digit(10).unwrap() as i8
                        }
                    })
                    .collect::<Vec<i8>>()
            })
            .collect::<Vec<Vec<i8>>>();

        let mut total = 0;

        for (i, row) in board.iter().enumerate() {
            for (j, pos) in row.iter().enumerate() {
                if *pos == 0 {
                    total += walk_trail(&board, 0, i as i8, j as i8).len();
                }
            }
        }

        println!("{}", total);
    }
}
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