Day 13: Claw Contraption

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    C#

    public partial class Day13 : Solver
    {
      private record struct Button(int X, int Y);
      private record struct Machine(int X, int Y, Button A, Button B);
      private List<Machine> machines = [];
    
      [GeneratedRegex(@"^Button (A|B): X\+(\d+), Y\+(\d+)$")]
      private static partial Regex ButtonSpec();
    
      [GeneratedRegex(@"^Prize: X=(\d+), Y=(\d+)$")]
      private static partial Regex PrizeSpec();
    
      public void Presolve(string input) {
        var machine_specs = input.Trim().Split("\n\n").ToList();
        foreach (var spec in machine_specs) {
          var lines = spec.Split("\n").ToList();
          if (ButtonSpec().Match(lines[0]) is not { Success: true } button_a_match
            || ButtonSpec().Match(lines[1]) is not { Success: true } button_b_match
            || PrizeSpec().Match(lines[2]) is not { Success:true} prize_match) {
            throw new InvalidDataException($"parse error: ${lines}");
          }
          machines.Add(new Machine(
            int.Parse(prize_match.Groups[1].Value),
            int.Parse(prize_match.Groups[2].Value),
            new Button(int.Parse(button_a_match.Groups[2].Value), int.Parse(button_a_match.Groups[3].Value)),
            new Button(int.Parse(button_b_match.Groups[2].Value), int.Parse(button_b_match.Groups[3].Value))
            ));
        }
      }
    
      private string Solve(bool unit_conversion) {
        BigInteger total_cost = 0;
        foreach (var machine in machines) {
          long prize_x = machine.X + (unit_conversion ? 10000000000000 : 0);
          long prize_y = machine.Y + (unit_conversion ? 10000000000000 : 0);
          BigInteger det = machine.A.X * machine.B.Y - machine.B.X * machine.A.Y;
          if (det == 0) continue;
          BigInteger det_a = prize_x * machine.B.Y - machine.B.X * prize_y;
          BigInteger det_b = prize_y * machine.A.X - machine.A.Y * prize_x;
          var (a, a_rem) = BigInteger.DivRem(det_a, det);
          var (b, b_rem) = BigInteger.DivRem(det_b, det);
          if (a_rem != 0 || b_rem != 0) continue;
          total_cost += a * 3 + b;
        }
        return total_cost.ToString();
      }
    
      public string SolveFirst() => Solve(false);
      public string SolveSecond() => Solve(true);
    }