require_relative 'util' # --- Day 10: Knot Hash --- # You come across some programs that are trying to implement a # software emulation of a hash based on knot-tying. The hash these # programs are implementing isn't very strong, but you decide to help # them anyway. You make a mental note to remind the Elves later not to # invent their own cryptographic functions. # This hash function simulates tying a knot in a circle of string with # 256 marks on it. Based on the input to be hashed, the function # repeatedly selects a span of string, brings the ends together, and # gives the span a half-twist to reverse the order of the marks within # it. After doing this many times, the order of the marks is used to # build the resulting hash. # 4--5 pinch 4 5 4 1 # / \ 5,0,1 / \/ \ twist / \ / \ # 3 0 --> 3 0 --> 3 X 0 # \ / \ /\ / \ / \ / # 2--1 2 1 2 5 # To achieve this, begin with a list of numbers from 0 to 255, a # current position which begins at 0 (the first element in the list), # a skip size (which starts at 0), and a sequence of lengths (your # puzzle input). Then, for each length: # - Reverse the order of that length of elements in the list, starting # with the element at the current position. # - Move the current position forward by that length plus the skip # size. # - Increase the skip size by one. # The list is circular; if the current position and the length try to # reverse elements beyond the end of the list, the operation reverses # using as many extra elements as it needs from the front of the # list. If the current position moves past the end of the list, it # wraps around to the front. Lengths larger than the size of the list # are invalid. # Here's an example using a smaller list: # Suppose we instead only had a circular list containing five # elements, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and were given input lengths of 3, 4, 1, 5. # - The list begins as [0] 1 2 3 4 (where square brackets indicate the # current position). # - The first length, 3, selects ([0] 1 2) 3 4 (where parentheses # indicate the sublist to be reversed). # - After reversing that section (0 1 2 into 2 1 0), we get ([2] 1 0) # 3 4. # - Then, the current position moves forward by the length, 3, plus # the skip size, 0: 2 1 0 [3] 4. Finally, the skip size increases to # 1. # - The second length, 4, selects a section which wraps: 2 1) 0 ([3] # 4. # - The sublist 3 4 2 1 is reversed to form 1 2 4 3: 4 3) 0 ([1] 2. # - The current position moves forward by the length plus the skip # size, a total of 5, causing it not to move because it wraps # around: 4 3 0 [1] 2. The skip size increases to 2. # - The third length, 1, selects a sublist of a single element, and so # reversing it has no effect. # - The current position moves forward by the length (1) plus the skip # size (2): 4 [3] 0 1 2. The skip size increases to 3. # - The fourth length, 5, selects every element starting with the # second: 4) ([3] 0 1 2. Reversing this sublist (3 0 1 2 4 into 4 2 # 1 0 3) produces: 3) ([4] 2 1 0. # - Finally, the current position moves forward by 8: 3 4 2 1 [0]. The # skip size increases to 4. # In this example, the first two numbers in the list end up being 3 # and 4; to check the process, you can multiply them together to # produce 12. # However, you should instead use the standard list size of 256 (with # values 0 to 255) and the sequence of lengths in your puzzle # input. Once this process is complete, what is the result of # multiplying the first two numbers in the list? class Array def xreverse!(from, length) to = from + length (length / 2).times do |i| j = (to - i - 1) % size i = (from + i) % size x = at(i) y = at(j) self[i] = y self[j] = x end end end class KnotHash def initialize(size, lengths) @list = (0...size).to_a @lengths = lengths.clone @skip = 0 @position = 0 end def round @lengths.each do |length| @list.xreverse!(@position, length) @position = (@position + length + @skip) % @list.size @skip += 1 end end def checksum @list[0] * @list[1] end def hash blocks = @list.each_slice(16).to_a dense = blocks.map { |block| block.reduce(&:^) } dense.map { |x| x.to_s(16).rjust(2, '0') }.join end end test_input = [3, 4, 1, 5] input = File.open('10.txt') { |f| f.readline.split(',').map(&:to_i) } input_string = File.open('10.txt') { |f| f.read.chomp } def easy(size, input) hasher = KnotHash.new(size, input) hasher.round hasher.checksum end if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME assert(easy(5, test_input) == 12) puts "easy(input): #{easy(256, input)}" end # --- Part Two --- # The logic you've constructed forms a single round of the Knot Hash # algorithm; running the full thing requires many of these # rounds. Some input and output processing is also required. # First, from now on, your input should be taken not as a list of # numbers, but as a string of bytes instead. Unless otherwise # specified, convert characters to bytes using their ASCII codes. This # will allow you to handle arbitrary ASCII strings, and it also # ensures that your input lengths are never larger than 255. For # example, if you are given 1,2,3, you should convert it to the ASCII # codes for each character: 49,44,50,44,51. # Once you have determined the sequence of lengths to use, add the # following lengths to the end of the sequence: 17, 31, 73, 47, # 23. For example, if you are given 1,2,3, your final sequence of # lengths should be 49,44,50,44,51,17,31,73,47,23 (the ASCII codes # from the input string combined with the standard length suffix # values). # Second, instead of merely running one round like you did above, run # a total of 64 rounds, using the same length sequence in each # round. The current position and skip size should be preserved # between rounds. For example, if the previous example was your first # round, you would start your second round with the same length # sequence (3, 4, 1, 5, 17, 31, 73, 47, 23, now assuming they came # from ASCII codes and include the suffix), but start with the # previous round's current position (4) and skip size (4). # Once the rounds are complete, you will be left with the numbers from # 0 to 255 in some order, called the sparse hash. Your next task is to # reduce these to a list of only 16 numbers called the dense hash. To # do this, use numeric bitwise XOR to combine each consecutive block # of 16 numbers in the sparse hash (there are 16 such blocks in a list # of 256 numbers). So, the first element in the dense hash is the # first sixteen elements of the sparse hash XOR'd together, the second # element in the dense hash is the second sixteen elements of the # sparse hash XOR'd together, etc. # For example, if the first sixteen elements of your sparse hash are # as shown below, and the XOR operator is ^, you would calculate the # first output number like this: # 65 ^ 27 ^ 9 ^ 1 ^ 4 ^ 3 ^ 40 ^ 50 ^ 91 ^ 7 ^ 6 ^ 0 ^ 2 ^ 5 ^ 68 ^ 22 = 64 # Perform this operation on each of the sixteen blocks of sixteen # numbers in your sparse hash to determine the sixteen numbers in your # dense hash. # Finally, the standard way to represent a Knot Hash is as a single # hexadecimal string; the final output is the dense hash in # hexadecimal notation. Because each number in your dense hash will be # between 0 and 255 (inclusive), always represent each number as two # hexadecimal digits (including a leading zero as necessary). So, if # your first three numbers are 64, 7, 255, they correspond to the # hexadecimal numbers 40, 07, ff, and so the first six characters of # the hash would be 4007ff. Because every Knot Hash is sixteen such # numbers, the hexadecimal representation is always 32 hexadecimal # digits (0-f) long. # Here are some example hashes: # - The empty string becomes a2582a3a0e66e6e86e3812dcb672a272. # - AoC 2017 becomes 33efeb34ea91902bb2f59c9920caa6cd. # - 1,2,3 becomes 3efbe78a8d82f29979031a4aa0b16a9d. # - 1,2,4 becomes 63960835bcdc130f0b66d7ff4f6a5a8e. # Treating your puzzle input as a string of ASCII characters, what is # the Knot Hash of your puzzle input? Ignore any leading or trailing # whitespace you might encounter. def hard(string) hasher = KnotHash.new(256, string.bytes + [17, 31, 73, 47, 23]) 64.times { hasher.round } hasher.hash end if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME assert(hard('') == 'a2582a3a0e66e6e86e3812dcb672a272') assert(hard('AoC 2017') == '33efeb34ea91902bb2f59c9920caa6cd') assert(hard('1,2,3') == '3efbe78a8d82f29979031a4aa0b16a9d') assert(hard('1,2,4') == '63960835bcdc130f0b66d7ff4f6a5a8e') puts("hard(input_string): #{hard(input_string)}") end