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Advent of Code 2017
===================

December 2nd
------------

For each row, determine the difference between the largest value and the
smallest value; the checksum is the sum of all of these differences.

For example, given the following spreadsheet:

::

    5 1 9 5
    7 5 3
    2 4 6 8

-  The first row's largest and smallest values are 9 and 1, and their
   difference is 8.
-  The second row's largest and smallest values are 7 and 3, and their
   difference is 4.
-  The third row's difference is 6.

In this example, the spreadsheet's checksum would be 8 + 4 + 6 = 18.

.. code:: ipython3

    from notebook_preamble import J, V, define

I'll assume the input is a Joy sequence of sequences of integers.

::

    [[5 1 9 5]
     [7 5 3]
     [2 4 6 8]]

So, obviously, the initial form will be a ``step`` function:

::

    AoC2017.2 == 0 swap [F +] step

This function ``F`` must get the ``max`` and ``min`` of a row of numbers
and subtract. We can define a helper function ``maxmin`` which does
this:

.. code:: ipython3

    define('maxmin [max] [min] cleave')

.. code:: ipython3

    J('[1 2 3] maxmin')


.. parsed-literal::

    3 1


Then ``F`` just does that then subtracts the min from the max:

::

    F == maxmin -

So:

.. code:: ipython3

    define('AoC2017.2 [maxmin - +] step_zero')

.. code:: ipython3

    J('''
    
    [[5 1 9 5]
     [7 5 3]
     [2 4 6 8]] AoC2017.2
    
    ''')


.. parsed-literal::

    18


...find the only two numbers in each row where one evenly divides the
other - that is, where the result of the division operation is a whole
number. They would like you to find those numbers on each line, divide
them, and add up each line's result.

For example, given the following spreadsheet:

::

    5 9 2 8
    9 4 7 3
    3 8 6 5

-  In the first row, the only two numbers that evenly divide are 8 and
   2; the result of this division is 4.
-  In the second row, the two numbers are 9 and 3; the result is 3.
-  In the third row, the result is 2.

In this example, the sum of the results would be 4 + 3 + 2 = 9.

What is the sum of each row's result in your puzzle input?

.. code:: ipython3

    J('[5 9 2 8] sort reverse')


.. parsed-literal::

    [9 8 5 2]


.. code:: ipython3

    J('[9 8 5 2] uncons [swap [divmod] cons] dupdip')


.. parsed-literal::

    [8 5 2] [9 divmod] [8 5 2]


::

    [9 8 5 2] uncons [swap [divmod] cons F] dupdip G
      [8 5 2]            [9 divmod]      F [8 5 2] G

.. code:: ipython3

    V('[8 5 2] [9 divmod] [uncons swap] dip dup [i not] dip')


.. parsed-literal::

                                          • [8 5 2] [9 divmod] [uncons swap] dip dup [i not] dip
                                  [8 5 2] • [9 divmod] [uncons swap] dip dup [i not] dip
                       [8 5 2] [9 divmod] • [uncons swap] dip dup [i not] dip
         [8 5 2] [9 divmod] [uncons swap] • dip dup [i not] dip
                                  [8 5 2] • uncons swap [9 divmod] dup [i not] dip
                                  8 [5 2] • swap [9 divmod] dup [i not] dip
                                  [5 2] 8 • [9 divmod] dup [i not] dip
                       [5 2] 8 [9 divmod] • dup [i not] dip
            [5 2] 8 [9 divmod] [9 divmod] • [i not] dip
    [5 2] 8 [9 divmod] [9 divmod] [i not] • dip
                       [5 2] 8 [9 divmod] • i not [9 divmod]
                                  [5 2] 8 • 9 divmod not [9 divmod]
                                [5 2] 8 9 • divmod not [9 divmod]
                                [5 2] 1 1 • not [9 divmod]
                            [5 2] 1 False • [9 divmod]
                 [5 2] 1 False [9 divmod] • 


Tricky
------

Let's think.

Given a *sorted* sequence (from highest to lowest) we want to \* for
head, tail in sequence \* for term in tail: \* check if the head % term
== 0 \* if so compute head / term and terminate loop \* else continue

So we want a ``loop`` I think
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

::

    [a b c d] True [Q] loop
    [a b c d] Q    [Q] loop

``Q`` should either leave the result and False, or the ``rest`` and
True.

::

       [a b c d] Q
    -----------------
        result 0

       [a b c d] Q
    -----------------
        [b c d] 1

This suggests that ``Q`` should start with:

::

    [a b c d] uncons dup roll<
    [b c d] [b c d] a

Now we just have to ``pop`` it if we don't need it.

::

    [b c d] [b c d] a [P] [T] [cons] app2 popdd [E] primrec
    [b c d] [b c d] [a P] [a T]                 [E] primrec

--------------

::

    w/ Q == [% not] [T] [F] primrec

            [a b c d] uncons
            a [b c d] tuck
    [b c d] a [b c d] uncons
    [b c d] a b [c d] roll>
    [b c d] [c d] a b Q
    [b c d] [c d] a b [% not] [T] [F] primrec

    [b c d] [c d] a b T
    [b c d] [c d] a b / roll> popop 0

    [b c d] [c d] a b F                   Q
    [b c d] [c d] a b pop swap uncons ... Q
    [b c d] [c d] a       swap uncons ... Q
    [b c d] a [c d]            uncons ... Q
    [b c d] a c [d]                   roll> Q
    [b c d] [d] a c Q

    Q == [% not] [/ roll> popop 0] [pop swap uncons roll>] primrec

    uncons tuck uncons roll> Q

.. code:: ipython3

    J('[8 5 3 2] 9 [swap] [% not] [cons] app2 popdd')


.. parsed-literal::

    [8 5 3 2] [9 swap] [9 % not]


--------------

::

            [a b c d] uncons
            a [b c d] tuck
    [b c d] a [b c d] [not] [popop 1] [Q] ifte

    [b c d] a [] popop 1
    [b c d] 1

    [b c d] a [b c d] Q 


       a [...] Q
    ---------------
       result 0

       a [...] Q
    ---------------
           1


    w/ Q == [first % not] [first / 0] [rest [not] [popop 1]] [ifte]



    a [b c d] [first % not] [first / 0] [rest [not] [popop 1]] [ifte]
    a [b c d]  first % not
    a b % not
    a%b not
    bool(a%b)

    a [b c d] [first % not] [first / 0] [rest [not] [popop 1]] [ifte]
    a [b c d]                first / 0
    a b / 0
    a/b 0

    a [b c d] [first % not] [first / 0] [rest [not] [popop 1]]   [ifte]
    a [b c d]                            rest [not] [popop 1] [Q] ifte
    a [c d]                                   [not] [popop 1] [Q] ifte
    a [c d]                                   [not] [popop 1] [Q] ifte

    a [c d] [not] [popop 1] [Q] ifte
    a [c d]  not

    a [] popop 1
    1

    a [c d] Q


    uncons tuck [first % not] [first / 0] [rest [not] [popop 1]] [ifte]

I finally sat down with a piece of paper and blocked it out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

First, I made a function ``G`` that expects a number and a sequence of
candidates and return the result or zero:

::

       n [...] G
    ---------------
        result

       n [...] G
    ---------------
           0

It's a recursive function that conditionally executes the recursive part
of its recursive branch

::

    [Pg] [E] [R1 [Pi] [T]] [ifte] genrec

The recursive branch is the else-part of the inner ``ifte``:

::

    G == [Pg] [E] [R1 [Pi] [T]]   [ifte] genrec
      == [Pg] [E] [R1 [Pi] [T] [G] ifte] ifte

But this is in hindsight. Going forward I derived:

::

    G == [first % not]
         [first /]
         [rest [not] [popop 0]]
         [ifte] genrec

The predicate detects if the ``n`` can be evenly divided by the
``first`` item in the list. If so, the then-part returns the result.
Otherwise, we have:

::

    n [m ...] rest [not] [popop 0] [G] ifte
    n [...]        [not] [popop 0] [G] ifte

This ``ifte`` guards against empty sequences and returns zero in that
case, otherwise it executes ``G``.

.. code:: ipython3

    define('G [first % not] [first /] [rest [not] [popop 0]] [ifte] genrec')

Now we need a word that uses ``G`` on each (head, tail) pair of a
sequence until it finds a (non-zero) result. It's going to be designed
to work on a stack that has some candidate ``n``, a sequence of possible
divisors, and a result that is zero to signal to continue (a non-zero
value implies that it is the discovered result):

::

       n [...] p find-result
    ---------------------------
              result

It applies ``G`` using ``nullary`` because if it fails with one
candidate it needs the list to get the next one (the list is otherwise
consumed by ``G``.)

::

    find-result == [0 >] [roll> popop] [roll< popop uncons [G] nullary] tailrec

    n [...] p [0 >] [roll> popop] [roll< popop uncons [G] nullary] tailrec

The base-case is trivial, return the (non-zero) result. The recursive
branch...

::

    n [...] p roll< popop uncons [G] nullary find-result
    [...] p n       popop uncons [G] nullary find-result
    [...]                 uncons [G] nullary find-result
    m [..]                       [G] nullary find-result
    m [..] p                                 find-result

The puzzle states that the input is well-formed, meaning that we can
expect a result before the row sequence empties and so do not need to
guard the ``uncons``.

.. code:: ipython3

    define('find-result [0 >] [roll> popop] [roll< popop uncons [G] nullary] tailrec')

.. code:: ipython3

    J('[11 9 8 7 3 2] 0 tuck find-result')


.. parsed-literal::

    3.0


In order to get the thing started, we need to ``sort`` the list in
descending order, then prime the ``find-result`` function with a dummy
candidate value and zero ("continue") flag.

.. code:: ipython3

    define('prep-row sort reverse 0 tuck')

Now we can define our program.

.. code:: ipython3

    define('AoC20017.2.extra [prep-row find-result +] step_zero')

.. code:: ipython3

    J('''
    
    [[5 9 2 8]
     [9 4 7 3]
     [3 8 6 5]] AoC20017.2.extra
    
    ''')


.. parsed-literal::

    9.0