Class SolutionDay4

java.lang.Object

com.expedient.adventofcodejade.BaseSolution

com.expedient.adventofcodejade.solutions.year2024.SolutionDay4

public class SolutionDay4
extends BaseSolution

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SolutionDay4(PuzzleInput input, PuzzleInput sampleInputOne, PuzzleInput sampleInputTwo)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Integer	partOne(PuzzleInput input)	Find all 'X' Characters in the input grid, then find surrounding 'M' Characters for each one.
Integer	partTwo(PuzzleInput input)	Find each 'A' Character in the input grid.

Methods inherited from class com.expedient.adventofcodejade.BaseSolution

getInput, run

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

SolutionDay4

public SolutionDay4(PuzzleInput input,
 PuzzleInput sampleInputOne,
 PuzzleInput sampleInputTwo)

Method Details

partOne

public Integer partOne(PuzzleInput input)

Find all 'X' Characters in the input grid, then find surrounding 'M' Characters for each one. After this, continue in the same direction as the 'M' to look for 'A' and then 'S'. Count each full occurrence.

Specified by:

partOne in class BaseSolution

Parameters:

input - the PuzzleInput to be used for the solution

Returns:

the number of times that XMAS was found in the input

partTwo

public Integer partTwo(PuzzleInput input)

Find each 'A' Character in the input grid. For each one, find non-orthogonal neighbors that are 'M' characters. Then, for each 'M' neighbor, check for 'S' in the opposite direction. If there are two 'MAS' sequences, add to the count.

Specified by:

partTwo in class BaseSolution

Parameters:

input - the PuzzleInput to be used for the solution

Returns:

the number of times X-MASes were found in the input