Stack = {} function Stack:new() local o = {} setmetatable(o, self) self.__index = self return o end function Stack:push(value) table.insert(self, value) end function Stack:pop() return table.remove(self) end function Stack:top() return self[#self] end function Stack:reverse() local newStack = Stack:new() while #self > 0 do newStack:push(self:pop()) end return newStack end function string:split(delimiter) delimiter = delimiter or " " result = {}; for match in (self..delimiter):gmatch("(.-)"..delimiter) do table.insert(result, match); end return result; end function deepcopy(orig, copies) copies = copies or {} local orig_type = type(orig) local copy if orig_type == 'table' then if copies[orig] then copy = copies[orig] else copy = {} copies[orig] = copy for orig_key, orig_value in next, orig, nil do copy[deepcopy(orig_key, copies)] = deepcopy(orig_value, copies) end setmetatable(copy, deepcopy(getmetatable(orig), copies)) end else -- number, string, boolean, etc copy = orig end return copy end -- Read input data if arg[1] == nil then print("Usage: "..arg[0].." ") os.exit(1) end file = io.open(arg[1], "r") if file == nil then print("File not found: "..arg[1]) os.exit(1) end inputLines = file:read("all") file:close() parts = inputLines:split("\n\n") initialState = parts[1]:split("\n") moves = parts[2]:split("\n") -- Initialize stacks stackCount = (#initialState[1] + 1) // 4 stacks = {} for i = 1, stackCount do stacks[i] = Stack:new() end -- Fill stacks for i = 1, #initialState-1 do for j = 1, stackCount do letter = string.sub(initialState[i], 4 * j - 2, 4 * j - 2) if letter ~= " " then stacks[j]:push(letter) end end end for i = 1, #stacks do stacks[i] = stacks[i]:reverse() end stacks2 = deepcopy(stacks) print("Initial state:") for i = 1, stackCount do print("Stack "..i..": "..table.concat(stacks[i], " ")) end print("") -- Perform moves -- Part 1 for i = 1, #moves do move = moves[i]:split() count = tonumber(move[2]) from = tonumber(move[4]) to = tonumber(move[6]) for j = 1, count do stacks[to]:push(stacks[from]:pop()) end end part1 = "" for i = 1, stackCount do part1 = part1..stacks[i]:top() end print("Part 1: "..part1) -- print("Final state:") -- for i = 1, stackCount do -- print("Stack "..i..": "..table.concat(stacks[i], " ")) -- end -- Part 2 for i = 1, #moves do move = moves[i]:split() count = tonumber(move[2]) from = tonumber(move[4]) to = tonumber(move[6]) temp = Stack:new() for j = 1, count do temp:push(stacks2[from]:pop()) end -- print("Move "..i..": "..table.concat(temp, " ")) for j = 1, count do stacks2[to]:push(temp:pop()) end end part2 = "" for i = 1, stackCount do part2 = part2..stacks2[i]:top() end print("Part 2: "..part2)