use strict; use warnings; my @puzzle = ( [3, 1, 2], [1, 1, 3], [1, 5, 2], [2, 3, -2], [2, 4, 2], [2, 6, -2], [4, 6, -3], [4, 1, 2], [6, 1, 3], [5, 2, 2], [5, 4, -2], [4, 5, -2], [4, 3, 2], ); while () { next if !/(\d+)\.\ (\w) -> (\w+)/; my ($step, $block, $move) = ($1, $2, $3); my $blockIndex = ord($block) - ord('A'); print "Before step $step $block $move:\n"; dumpPuzzle(@puzzle); my $piece = $puzzle[$blockIndex]; if ($move eq 'up') { --$piece->[0]; } elsif ($move eq 'down') { ++$piece->[0]; } elsif ($move eq 'left') { --$piece->[1]; } else { ++$piece->[1]; } } print "Final state:\n"; dumpPuzzle(@puzzle); sub dumpPuzzle { my (@puzzle) = @_; my @rows = map {'.' x 6} 1 .. 6; for my $pieceIdx (0 .. $#puzzle) { my ($y, $x, $len) = @{$puzzle[$pieceIdx]}; if ($len < 0) { $len = -$len; substr $rows[$_ - 1], $x - 1, 1, chr($pieceIdx + ord('A')) for $y .. $y + $len - 1; } else { substr $rows[$y - 1], $x - 1, $len, chr($pieceIdx + ord('A')) x $len; } } print join "\n", @rows, ''; } __END__ 1. C -> left 2. F -> up 3. G -> up 4. L -> up 5. M -> left 6. K -> up 7. I -> right 8. H -> down 9. I -> right 10. I -> right 11. K -> up 12. J -> right 13. J -> right 14. M -> left 15. D -> down 16. D -> down 17. A -> right 18. D -> down 19. M -> right 20. H -> up 21. H -> up 22. H -> up 23. M -> left 24. D -> up 25. I -> left 26. G -> down 27. F -> down 28. C -> right 29. B -> right 30. H -> up 31. A -> left 32. D -> up 33. J -> left 34. J -> left 35. J -> left 36. D -> down 37. A -> right 38. H -> down 39. B -> left 40. C -> left 41. F -> up 42. K -> down 43. A -> right 44. L -> down 45. A -> right 46. A -> right 47. A -> right #### Before step 1 C left: BBB.CC ..DEEF AAD..F HHMMLG .JJKLG IIIK.G Before step 2 F up: BBBCC. ..DEEF AAD..F HHMMLG .JJKLG IIIK.G Before step 3 G up: BBBCCF ..DEEF AAD... HHMMLG .JJKLG IIIK.G . . . Before step 47 A right: BBBCCF HH.EEF ....AA MMDKLG JJDKLG ..IIIG Final state: BBBCCF HH.EEF .....AA MMDKLG JJDKLG ..IIIG