input = ARGF.read.strip by_row = input.lines.map(&:rstrip).map { |line| line.split("") } def needs_expand(data) expand = [] data.each_with_index { |row, i| expand << i if row.all? { |c| c == "." } } expand end def print_cosmos(cosmos) cosmos.each do |line| puts line.join("") end end # do expansion row_expand = needs_expand(by_row) row_expand.reverse.each do |i| by_row.insert(i, by_row[i].dup) end by_column = by_row.transpose col_expand = needs_expand(by_column) col_expand.reverse.each do |i| by_column.insert(i, by_column[i].dup) end cosmos = by_column.transpose # find galaxies galaxies = [] (0...cosmos.first.length).each do |x| (0...cosmos.length).each do |y| galaxies << [x, y] if cosmos[y][x] == "#" end end def galaxy_distance(a, b) (a[0] - b[0]).abs + (a[1] - b[1]).abs end puts "Part 1: #{galaxies.combination(2).map { |a, b| galaxy_distance(a, b) }.sum}"