Day 15: Warehouse Woes

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Very fiddly solution with lots of debugging required.

Code
type
  Vec2 = tuple[x,y: int]
  Box = array[2, Vec2]
  Dir = enum
    U = "^"
    R = ">"
    D = "v"
    L = "<"

proc convertPart2(grid: seq[string]): seq[string] =
  for y in 0..grid.high:
    result.add ""
    for x in 0..grid[0].high:
      result[^1] &= (
        if grid[y][x] == 'O': "[]"
        elif grid[y][x] == '#': "##"
        else: "..")

proc shiftLeft(grid: var seq[string], col: int, range: HSlice[int,int]) =
  for i in range.a ..< range.b:
    grid[col][i] = grid[col][i+1]
  grid[col][range.b] = '.'

proc shiftRight(grid: var seq[string], col: int, range: HSlice[int,int]) =
  for i in countDown(range.b, range.a+1):
    grid[col][i] = grid[col][i-1]
  grid[col][range.a] = '.'

proc box(pos: Vec2, grid: seq[string]): array[2, Vec2] =
  if grid[pos.y][pos.x] == '[':
    [pos, (pos.x+1, pos.y)]
  else:
    [(pos.x-1, pos.y), pos]

proc step(grid: var seq[string], bot: var Vec2, dir: Dir) =
  var (x, y) = bot
  case dir
  of U:
    while (dec y; grid[y][x] != '#' and grid[y][x] != '.'): discard
    if grid[y][x] == '#': return
    if grid[bot.y-1][bot.x] == 'O': swap(grid[bot.y-1][bot.x], grid[y][x])
    dec bot.y
  of R:
    while (inc x; grid[y][x] != '#' and grid[y][x] != '.'): discard
    if grid[y][x] == '#': return
    if grid[bot.y][bot.x+1] == 'O': swap(grid[bot.y][bot.x+1], grid[y][x])
    inc bot.x
  of L:
    while (dec x; grid[y][x] != '#' and grid[y][x] != '.'): discard
    if grid[y][x] == '#': return
    if grid[bot.y][bot.x-1] == 'O': swap(grid[bot.y][bot.x-1], grid[y][x])
    dec bot.x
  of D:
    while (inc y; grid[y][x] != '#' and grid[y][x] != '.'): discard
    if grid[y][x] == '#': return
    if grid[bot.y+1][bot.x] == 'O': swap(grid[bot.y+1][bot.x], grid[y][x])
    inc bot.y

proc canMoveVert(box: Box, grid: seq[string], boxes: var HashSet[Box], dy: int): bool =
  boxes.incl box
  var left, right = false
  let (lbox, rbox) = (box[0], box[1])
  let lbigBox = box((lbox.x, lbox.y+dy), grid)
  let rbigBox = box((rbox.x, lbox.y+dy), grid)

  if grid[lbox.y+dy][lbox.x] == '#' or
     grid[rbox.y+dy][rbox.x] == '#': return false
  elif grid[lbox.y+dy][lbox.x] == '.': left = true
  else:
    left = canMoveVert(box((lbox.x,lbox.y+dy), grid), grid, boxes, dy)

  if grid[rbox.y+dy][rbox.x] == '.': right = true
  elif lbigBox == rbigBox: right = left
  else:
    right = canMoveVert(box((rbox.x, rbox.y+dy), grid), grid, boxes, dy)

  left and right

proc moveBoxes(grid: var seq[string], boxes: var HashSet[Box], d: Vec2) =
  for box in boxes:
    grid[box[0].y][box[0].x] = '.'
    grid[box[1].y][box[1].x] = '.'
  for box in boxes:
    grid[box[0].y+d.y][box[0].x+d.x] = '['
    grid[box[1].y+d.y][box[1].x+d.x] = ']'
  boxes.clear()

proc step2(grid: var seq[string], bot: var Vec2, dir: Dir) =
  case dir
  of U:
    if grid[bot.y-1][bot.x] == '#': return
    if grid[bot.y-1][bot.x] == '.': dec bot.y
    else:
      var boxes: HashSet[Box]
      if canMoveVert(box((x:bot.x, y:bot.y-1), grid), grid, boxes, -1):
        grid.moveBoxes(boxes, (0, -1))
        dec bot.y
  of R:
    var (x, y) = bot
    while (inc x; grid[y][x] != '#' and grid[y][x] != '.'): discard
    if grid[y][x] == '#': return
    if grid[bot.y][bot.x+1] == '[': grid.shiftRight(bot.y, bot.x+1..x)
    inc bot.x
  of L:
    var (x, y) = bot
    while (dec x; grid[y][x] != '#' and grid[y][x] != '.'): discard
    if grid[y][x] == '#': return
    if grid[bot.y][bot.x-1] == ']': grid.shiftLeft(bot.y, x..bot.x-1)
    dec bot.x
  of D:
    if grid[bot.y+1][bot.x] == '#': return
    if grid[bot.y+1][bot.x] == '.': inc bot.y
    else:
      var boxes: HashSet[Box]
      if canMoveVert(box((x:bot.x, y:bot.y+1), grid), grid, boxes, 1):
        grid.moveBoxes(boxes, (0, 1))
        inc bot.y


proc solve(input: string): AOCSolution[int, int] =
  let chunks = input.split("\n\n")
  var grid = chunks[0].splitLines()
  let movements = chunks[1].splitLines().join().join()

  var robot: Vec2
  for y in 0..grid.high:
    for x in 0..grid[0].high:
      if grid[y][x] == '@':
        grid[y][x] = '.'
        robot = (x,y)

  block p1:
    var grid = grid
    var robot = robot
    for m in movements:
      let dir = parseEnum[Dir]($m)
      step(grid, robot, dir)
    for y in 0..grid.high:
      for x in 0..grid[0].high:
        if grid[y][x] == 'O':
          result.part1 += 100 * y + x

  block p2:
    var grid = grid.convertPart2()
    var robot = (robot.x*2, robot.y)
    for m in movements:
      let dir = parseEnum[Dir]($m)
      step2(grid, robot, dir)
      #grid.inspect(robot)

    for y in 0..grid.high:
      for x in 0..grid[0].high:
        if grid[y][x] == '[':
          result.part2 += 100 * y + x

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