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My solution to the Hitting Rock Bottom puzzle (http://puzzlenode.com/puzzles/11-hitting-rock-bottom)
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class Cave | |
WATER = '~' | |
ROCK = '#' | |
AIR = ' ' | |
attr_reader :grid, :flow_points | |
attr_accessor :water | |
# Create a Cave from the given file. | |
def initialize(filename) | |
# Keep track of points where water can flow either down or to the right | |
@flow_points = [] | |
lines = File.readlines(filename) | |
# Amount of water that can flow into the cave | |
@water = lines.shift.to_i - 1 | |
lines.shift | |
row_count = 0 | |
# Build a grid for the cave. Coordinate 0,0 is the top left | |
@grid = lines.map do |line| | |
line.chomp! | |
row = line.split(//) | |
if row.first == WATER | |
# Seed the flow points by grabbing the first water point | |
@flow_points << [row_count,0] | |
end | |
row_count += 1 | |
row | |
end | |
end | |
# Spew the grid to a string | |
def to_s | |
ret = "\n" | |
@grid.each do |row| | |
ret << row.join('') << "\n" | |
end | |
ret | |
end | |
# Flow until there is no water left | |
def run | |
while water > 0 | |
flow | |
end | |
self | |
end | |
# Flow 1 unit of water | |
def flow | |
fp = @flow_points.last | |
if blocked_at?(fp.first+1, fp.last) | |
if @grid[fp.first][fp.last+1] == ROCK | |
@flow_points.pop | |
flow | |
else | |
new_row = fp.first | |
new_col = fp.last + 1 | |
fp[0] = new_row | |
fp[1] = new_col | |
@grid[new_row][new_col] = WATER | |
@water -= 1 | |
end | |
else | |
new_row = fp.first + 1 | |
new_col = fp.last | |
@grid[new_row][new_col] = WATER | |
@water -= 1 | |
@flow_points << [new_row, new_col] | |
end | |
self | |
end | |
# Return the water levels at each cave column | |
def levels | |
num_cols = @grid.first.size | |
num_rows = @grid.size | |
(0...num_cols).to_a.map do |col| | |
sum = 0 | |
(0...num_rows).each do |row| | |
if sum > 0 && @grid[row][col] == AIR | |
sum = WATER | |
break | |
end | |
sum += 1 if @grid[row][col] == WATER | |
end | |
sum | |
end.join(" ") | |
end | |
private | |
# Is the water blocked at this point | |
def blocked_at?(row,col) | |
[WATER, ROCK].include?(@grid[row][col]) | |
end | |
end | |
if __FILE__ == $0 | |
# Command line: ruby cave.rb <cave_input_file> | |
cave = Cave.new(ARGV[0]) | |
cave.run | |
puts "Final Cave State:\n#{cave}" | |
puts "Solution:" | |
puts cave.levels | |
end |
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