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7a3dd6bcde Assignment on my birthday 2022-12-06 17:26:38 +01:00
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# Advent of Code 2022 - Assignment 4 - javascript
## Description
The problem for assignment4 deals with overlaps and string parsing. The provided solution for this argument uses substring to parse ranges from file. Furthermore it has a checkbox to trigger whether ranges should fully overlap.
# Advent of Code 2022 - Assignment6_javascript
This repository contains answers to the assignments of Advent of Coding 2022
## References
- https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_indexof.asp
- https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/convert-a-string-to-an-integer-in-javascript/#:~:text=In%20JavaScript%20parseInt()%20function,argument%20of%20parseInt()%20function.
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/substring
- https://medium.com/@raihan_tazdid/overlapping-numbers-in-ranges-5d0f2efc294e
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28207610/checking-if-the-characters-in-a-string-are-all-unique

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<body>
<p>Assignment:</p>
<textarea rows="15" cols="50" id="assignment"></textarea>
<input type="checkbox" id="algorithm"/>
<label for="algorithm">Full overlap</label>
<input type="checkbox" id="algorithm" />
<label for="algorithm">Search for message marker?</label>
<p>Answer:</p>
<div id="answer">Provide input first</div>
<script src="script.js"></script>

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const ASSIGNMENT = 'assignment';
const ANSWER = 'answer';
const ALGORITHM_CHECKBOX = 'algorithm';
const ERROR_MESSAGE_INVALID_RANGE = "Invalid range, ";
const COMMA_CHARACTER = ',';
const MARKER_DISTINCT_CHARACTERS = 4;
const MESSAGE_DISTINCT_CHARACTERS = 14;
const NEWLINE_CHARACTER = '\n';
const RANGE_CHARACTER = '-';
/**
* Main function
*/
window.onload = function() {
document.getElementById(ASSIGNMENT).addEventListener("input", calculateAnswer);
document.getElementById(ALGORITHM_CHECKBOX).addEventListener("click", calculateAnswer);
document.getElementById(ASSIGNMENT).addEventListener("input", calculateAnswer);
document.getElementById(ALGORITHM_CHECKBOX).addEventListener("click", calculateAnswer);
}
/**
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function calculateAnswer(event) {
console.info("Calculating answer for input...");
let assignment = document.getElementById(ASSIGNMENT).value;
let fullOverlap = document.getElementById(ALGORITHM_CHECKBOX).checked;
let answer = algorithm(assignment, fullOverlap);
let distinctCharacters = (document.getElementById(ALGORITHM_CHECKBOX).checked)? MESSAGE_DISTINCT_CHARACTERS: MARKER_DISTINCT_CHARACTERS;
let answer = algorithm(assignment, distinctCharacters);
document.getElementById(ANSWER).innerText = answer;
}
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/**
* Calculate the answer to assignment.
* @param assignment the input from the assignment.
* @param fullOverlap if input needs to fully overlap.
* @return string the answer
*/
function algorithm(assignment, fullOverlap) {
let lines = assignment.trim().split(NEWLINE_CHARACTER);
console.info("Linecount:" + lines.length);
function algorithm(assignment, distinctCharacters) {
let signal = assignment.trim();
let marker = assignment.substring(0,distinctCharacters);
let containedPairs = 0;
for(let i=0; i<lines.length; i++) {
let error = false;
let ranges = lines[i].trim();
// Search for separation charactes -,-
let range1CharacterIndex = ranges.indexOf(RANGE_CHARACTER);
let range1EndCharacterIndex = ranges.indexOf(COMMA_CHARACTER);
let range2CharacterIndex = ranges.indexOf(RANGE_CHARACTER, range1CharacterIndex+1);
for(let i=distinctCharacters; i<signal.length; i++) {
if(containsDistinctCharacters(marker)) {
console.debug("Found marker after:" + i + " characters");
return "Marker found after processing: " + i + " characters.";
}
// Get range substrings
let range1LowerString = ranges.substring(0,range1CharacterIndex);
let range1HigherString = ranges.substring(range1CharacterIndex+1, range1EndCharacterIndex);
let range2LowerString = ranges.substring(range1EndCharacterIndex+1, range2CharacterIndex);
let range2HigherString = ranges.substring(range2CharacterIndex+1);
console.debug("Parsed values: " + range1LowerString + "-" + range1HigherString + "," + range2LowerString + "-" + range2HigherString);
// Parse to int
let range1Lower = parseInt(range1LowerString);
let range1Higher = parseInt(range1HigherString);
let range2Lower = parseInt(range2LowerString);
let range2Higher = parseInt(range2HigherString);
// Validation
if(range1Lower > range1Higher) {
console.error(ERROR_MESSAGE_INVALID_RANGE + range1Lower + "-" + range1Higher + " on line:" + i + " for range1");
error = true;
}
if(range2Lower > range2Higher) {
console.error(ERROR_MESSAGE_INVALID_RANGE + range2Lower + "-" + range2Higher + " on line:" + i + " for range2");
error = true;
}
if(error) {
continue;
}
// Check for overlap
if(fullOverlap && doesRangeFullyOverlap(range1Lower, range1Higher, range2Lower, range2Higher)
|| !fullOverlap && doesRangeOverlap(range1Lower, range1Higher, range2Lower, range2Higher)) {
console.debug("Found overlapping range:" + range1Lower + "-" + range1Higher + "," + range2Lower + "-" + range2Higher);
containedPairs++;
}
marker = marker.substring(1, distinctCharacters) + assignment[i];
}
return "Fully overlapping timeslot counts: " + containedPairs;
return "No marker found.";
}
function doesRangeFullyOverlap(lower, higher, lower2, higher2) {
console.debug("Compare range: " + lower + "-" + higher + " with " + lower2 + "-" + higher2);
if(lower > higher || lower2 > higher2) {
return false;
}
return ((lower <= lower2 && higher >= higher2) || (lower2 <= lower && higher2 >= higher));
}
function doesRangeOverlap(lower, higher, lower2, higher2) {
console.debug("Compare range: " + lower + "-" + higher + " with " + lower2 + "-" + higher2);
if(lower > higher || lower2 > higher2) {
return false;
}
return higher2 >= lower && lower2 <= higher;
/**
* Check if string only contains distinct characters.
* @param String string the string to check
* @return true, if string contains only distinct characters
*/
function containsDistinctCharacters(string) {
console.debug("Check marker: " + string);
return new Set(string).size == string.length;
}

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textarea {
display: block;
}
#answer {
color: purple
}