day17 - :(

day17.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import math
 import sys
 from enum import Enum
 from tools.aoc import AOCDay
@@ -117,10 +118,12 @@ class Day(AOCDay):
     inputs = [
         [
             ("4,6,3,5,6,3,5,2,1,0", "input17_test"),
+            ("7,1,2,3,2,6,7,2,5", "input17_neil"),
             ("1,6,3,6,5,6,5,1,7", "input17"),
         ],
         [
-            # (117440, "input17_test2"),
+            (117440, "input17_test2"),
+            (202356708354602, "input17_neil"),
             (None, "input17"),
         ],
     ]
@@ -138,24 +141,96 @@ class Day(AOCDay):
         a, b, c, prog = self.parse_input()
         expected_output = ",".join(str(x) for x in prog)
         computer = Computer(a, b, c, prog)
-        print(computer.code)
         computer.check_output = True
-        reg_a_init = 0
+        print(computer.code)
-        ex_len = 1
+
+        init_a = 0
         output = ""
+        factor = 0
+        additive = 0
         while output != expected_output:
-            reg_a_init += 1
             computer.reset()
-            computer.reg_a = reg_a_init
+            init_reg = init_a * (8 ** factor) + additive
+            if init_reg > 8 ** 16:
+                print("FAIL! AGAIN!")
+                break
+            computer.reg_a = init_reg
             computer.run_code()
             output = computer.get_output()
-            if output.startswith(expected_output[:ex_len]):
+            if len(output) > factor + 1 and output == expected_output[:len(output)]:
-                print(f"Computer Reg A: {reg_a_init}, BXL: {reg_a_init ^ 1}")
+                print(init_a, init_reg, output, expected_output)
-                print(f"Computer Output: {output}")
+                additive = (int(bin(init_reg)[-6:], 2) << (3 * factor)) | additive
-                sys.stdout.flush()
+                #additive += int(bin(init_reg)[-6:], 2)
-                ex_len += 2
+                factor += 2
 
-        return reg_a_init
+            if len(output) > 3 and output == expected_output[:len(output)]:
+                print(f"{init_a=}, {factor=}, {additive=}, {output=}, {expected_output=}")
+
+            if init_a % 1_000_000 == 0:
+                print(init_a, init_reg)
+            init_a += 1
+
+        print(init_a - 1, (init_a - 1) * (8 ** factor) + additive)
+        computer.reset()
+        computer.reg_a = init_a - 1
+        computer.run_code()
+        print(computer.get_output())
+        if computer.get_output() == expected_output:
+            return init_a - 1
+        return ""
+
+
+
+
+        first = []
+        for i, c in enumerate(prog):
+            reg_a_init = 0
+
+            while len(first) <= i:
+                computer.reset()
+                computer.reg_a = reg_a_init
+                computer.run_code()
+                if int(computer.get_output()[0]) == c:
+                    first.append(reg_a_init)
+
+                reg_a_init += 1
+
+        print(first)
+        result = 0
+        for i, c in enumerate(reversed(first)):
+            result = result << 3
+            result += c // 8
+        #result = sum(((x * (8 ** i) for i, x in enumerate(first))))
+        print(result)
+
+        computer.reset()
+        computer.reg_a = result
+        computer.run_code()
+        print(computer.get_output())
+        if computer.get_output() == expected_output:
+            return result
+
+        while computer.get_output() != expected_output:
+            result -= 1
+            computer.reset()
+            computer.reg_a = result
+            computer.run_code()
+
+        return result
+
+        for i in range(len(first)):
+            result = sum(((x * (8 ** i) for i, x in enumerate(first[:i + 1]))))
+            print("Testing ", first[:i + 1], "=", result)
+            computer.reset()
+            computer.reg_a = result
+            computer.run_code()
+            print(expected_output)
+            print(computer.get_output())
+
+        if computer.get_output() == expected_output:
+            return result
+        else:
+            return ""
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

inputs/input17_neil

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Register A: 32916674
+Register B: 0
+Register C: 0
+
+Program: 2,4,1,1,7,5,0,3,1,4,4,0,5,5,3,0