Day 19.0

ruby/day_19.rb

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+replacements, molecule = DATA.read.chomp.split("\n\n")
+replacements = replacements.scan(/(\w+) \=> (\w+)/)
+puts replacements.flat_map {|k,v|
+  m = molecule.split(k, -1)
+  (0...m.size-1).map {|i|
+    m[0..i].join(k) + v + m[i+1..-1].join(k)
+  }
+}.uniq.size
+__END__
+Al => ThF
+Al => ThRnFAr
+B => BCa
+B => TiB
+B => TiRnFAr
+Ca => CaCa
+Ca => PB
+Ca => PRnFAr
+Ca => SiRnFYFAr
+Ca => SiRnMgAr
+Ca => SiTh
+F => CaF
+F => PMg
+F => SiAl
+H => CRnAlAr
+H => CRnFYFYFAr
+H => CRnFYMgAr
+H => CRnMgYFAr
+H => HCa
+H => NRnFYFAr
+H => NRnMgAr
+H => NTh
+H => OB
+H => ORnFAr
+Mg => BF
+Mg => TiMg
+N => CRnFAr
+N => HSi
+O => CRnFYFAr
+O => CRnMgAr
+O => HP
+O => NRnFAr
+O => OTi
+P => CaP
+P => PTi
+P => SiRnFAr
+Si => CaSi
+Th => ThCa
+Ti => BP
+Ti => TiTi
+e => HF
+e => NAl
+e => OMg
+
+CRnCaSiRnBSiRnFArTiBPTiTiBFArPBCaSiThSiRnTiBPBPMgArCaSiRnTiMgArCaSiThCaSiRnFArRnSiRnFArTiTiBFArCaCaSiRnSiThCaCaSiRnMgArFYSiRnFYCaFArSiThCaSiThPBPTiMgArCaPRnSiAlArPBCaCaSiRnFYSiThCaRnFArArCaCaSiRnPBSiRnFArMgYCaCaCaCaSiThCaCaSiAlArCaCaSiRnPBSiAlArBCaCaCaCaSiThCaPBSiThPBPBCaSiRnFYFArSiThCaSiRnFArBCaCaSiRnFYFArSiThCaPBSiThCaSiRnPMgArRnFArPTiBCaPRnFArCaCaCaCaSiRnCaCaSiRnFYFArFArBCaSiThFArThSiThSiRnTiRnPMgArFArCaSiThCaPBCaSiRnBFArCaCaPRnCaCaPMgArSiRnFYFArCaSiThRnPBPMgAr