# --- 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? from collections import deque from typing import Deque, Tuple with open("files/P10.txt") as f: lengths = [int(num) for num in f.read().strip().split(",")] def simulated_hash( circle: Deque[int], sequence: list, curr_pos: int, skip: int ) -> Tuple[Deque[int], int, int]: for length in sequence: circle.rotate(-curr_pos) # creates a copy of the list rotated_l = list(circle) # reverse the order of the partial list rotated_l[:length] = reversed(rotated_l[:length]) # as the list is circular, it wraps around when it has to circle = deque(rotated_l) circle.rotate(curr_pos) # move forward the current position curr_pos = (curr_pos + length + skip) % 256 skip += 1 return circle, curr_pos, skip def part_1() -> None: list_of_numbers = deque(list(range(256))) curr_pos, skip = 0, 0 simulated_hash_res, *_ = simulated_hash( list_of_numbers, lengths, curr_pos, skip ) res = simulated_hash_res[0] * simulated_hash_res[1] print(f"The result is {res}") # --- 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. with open("files/P10.txt") as f: ascii_lengths = [ord(c) for c in f.read().strip()] ascii_lengths.extend([17, 31, 73, 47, 23]) def part_2(): list_of_numbers = deque(list(range(256))) curr_pos, skip = 0, 0 for _ in range(64): list_of_numbers, curr_pos, skip = simulated_hash( list_of_numbers, ascii_lengths, curr_pos, skip ) sparse = list(list_of_numbers) dense = [] for block in range(0, 256, 16): hashed = 0 group = sparse[block : block + 16] for n in group: hashed ^= n dense.append(hashed) res = "".join(f"{n:02x}" for n in dense) print(f"The Knot Hash of the input is {res}") if __name__ == "__main__": part_1() part_2()