function winp(hall, rooms) all(map(==('A'), rooms[1])) && all(map(==('B'), rooms[2])) && all(map(==('C'), rooms[3])) && all(map(==('D'), rooms[4])) end function moveroomp(hall, rooms, room, pos, letter) # check empty path if pos > room * 2 + 1 if !all(map(==(' '), hall[(room * 2 + 1):(pos-1)])) return false end else if !all(map(==(' '), hall[(pos+1):(room * 2 + 1)])) return false end end # check place in room if rooms[room][1] != ' ' return false end # check other is same if any(map(i->rooms[room][i] != ' ' && rooms[room][i] != letter, 2:length(rooms[room]))) return false end true end function makemove(hall, rooms, i, letter, cost, stepcost, room) h = copy(hall) r = deepcopy(rooms) h[i] = ' ' lastempty = reduce(max, filter(i->r[room][i] == ' ', 1:length(r[room]))) c = cost + (abs(i - (room*2+1)) + lastempty) * stepcost; r[room][lastempty] = letter h, r, c end function makemoves(rooms, hall, room, cost) if all(map(==(' '), rooms[room])) return [] end if all(map(letter->((codepoint(letter)-0x40)==room || letter == ' '), rooms[room])) return [] end up = (room*2+1):length(hall) down = reverse(1:(room*2+1)) targets = filter(i->!(i in [3,5,7,9]), union(Iterators.takewhile(i->hall[i]==' ', up), Iterators.takewhile(i->hall[i]==' ', down))) firstnonempty = reduce(min, filter(i->rooms[room][i] != ' ', 1:length(rooms[room]))) map(targets) do target h = copy(hall) r = deepcopy(rooms) h[target] = rooms[room][firstnonempty] c = cost + (abs(target - (room*2+1)) + firstnonempty) * 10^(codepoint(h[target])-0x41); r[room][firstnonempty] = ' ' h, r, c end end function legalmoves(hall, rooms, cost) moves = [] for i in 1:length(hall) if hall[i] == ' ' continue end if hall[i] == 'A' && moveroomp(hall, rooms, 1, i, 'A') push!(moves, makemove(hall, rooms, i, 'A', cost, 1, 1)) continue end if hall[i] == 'B' && moveroomp(hall, rooms, 2, i, 'B') push!(moves, makemove(hall, rooms, i, 'B', cost, 10, 2)) continue end if hall[i] == 'C' && moveroomp(hall, rooms, 3, i, 'C') push!(moves, makemove(hall, rooms, i, 'C', cost, 100, 3)) continue end if hall[i] == 'D' && moveroomp(hall, rooms, 4, i, 'D') push!(moves, makemove(hall, rooms, i, 'D', cost, 1000, 4)) end end for i in 1:4 append!(moves, makemoves(rooms, hall, i, cost)) end moves end function cheapsort(hall, rooms) costmin = typemax(Int64) visited = Dict() moves = legalmoves(hall, rooms, 0) while length(moves) > 0 sort!(moves, by=m->m[3]) while length(moves) > 0 && last(moves)[3] >= costmin pop!(moves) end if length(moves) == 0 break end move = pop!(moves) if haskey(visited, move) continue end if move[3] >= costmin break end if winp(move[1], move[2]) println(length(moves), ' ', move[3], ' ', loops) costmin = move[3] continue end append!(moves, legalmoves(move[1], move[2], move[3])) visited[move] = true end costmin end function solution23_1() hall = fill(' ', 11) rooms = [['B', 'A'], ['C', 'D'], ['B', 'C'], ['D', 'A']] # rooms = [['A', 'C'], ['D', 'D'], ['A', 'B'], ['C', 'B']] cheapsort(hall, rooms) end function solution23_2() hall = fill(' ', 11) rooms = [['B', 'D', 'D', 'A'], ['C', 'C', 'B', 'D'], ['B', 'B', 'A', 'C'], ['D', 'A', 'C', 'A']] # rooms = [['A', 'D', 'D', 'C'], ['D', 'C', 'B', 'D'], ['A', 'B', 'A', 'B'], ['C', 'A', 'C', 'B']] cheapsort(hall, rooms) end solution23_2()