Advent 2023 Day 6

advent_of_code_2023/day6/main2.rs

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+use std::fs::read_to_string;
+
+fn parse_number_from_line(line: &str) -> u64 {
+    line.split_once(' ').unwrap().1
+        .split(' ').filter(|line| {
+            !line.is_empty()
+        }).collect::<String>().parse::<u64>().unwrap()
+}
+
+fn count_winning_strategies(time: u64, distance: u64) -> u64 {
+    let mut winners = 0;
+    
+    for hold in 0..time {
+        if (time - hold) * hold > distance {
+            winners += 1
+        }
+    }
+
+    winners
+}
+
+fn main() {
+
+    let lines = read_to_string("input.txt").unwrap().lines().map(|line| {
+        String::from(line)
+    }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    let time = parse_number_from_line(&lines[0]);
+    let distance = parse_number_from_line(&lines[1]);
+    
+    println!("time: {:?}", time);
+    println!("distance: {:?}", distance);
+
+    println!("Winning strategies: {}", count_winning_strategies(time, distance));
+}