Day 2: Red-Nosed Reports

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    const std = @import("std");
    const List = std.ArrayList;
    
    const splitScalar = std.mem.splitScalar;
    const parseInt = std.fmt.parseInt;
    const print = std.debug.print;
    const concat = std.mem.concat;
    
    var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){};
    const alloc = gpa.allocator();
    
    const Answer = struct {
        safe: u32,
        tolerated: u32,
    };
    
    pub fn isSafe(levels: []i32) bool {
        if (levels.len == 0) {
            return false;
        }
        // slide window in pairs, advancing by one
        var it = std.mem.window(i32, levels, 2, 1);
        const first = it.first();
        const decreasing = first[0] - first[1] > 0;
        it.reset(); // rewind the iterator
    
        while (it.next()) |slice| {
            const lhs: i32 = slice[0];
            const rhs: i32 = slice[1];
            if (decreasing) {
                if (lhs <= rhs) return false;
                if (lhs - rhs < 1 or lhs - rhs > 3) return false;
            } else {
                if (rhs <= lhs) return false;
                if (rhs - lhs < 1 or rhs - lhs > 3) return false;
            }
        }
        return true;
    }
    
    pub fn solve(input: []const u8) !Answer {
        var rows = splitScalar(u8, input, '\n');
    
        // PART 1
    
        // determine how many reports are safe
        var safe_reports: u32 = 0;
        var tolerated_reports: u32 = 0;
        var unsafe_reports = List([]i32).init(alloc);
        defer unsafe_reports.deinit();
    
        while (rows.next()) |row| {
            var levels = splitScalar(u8, row, ' ');
    
            var report = List(i32).init(alloc);
            defer report.deinit();
    
            while (levels.next()) |level| {
                const value = parseInt(i32, level, 10) catch continue;
                report.append(value) catch continue;
            }
    
            if (isSafe(report.items)) {
                safe_reports += 1;
            } else {
                try unsafe_reports.append(try alloc.dupe(i32, report.items));
            }
        }
    
        // PART 2
    
        // determine how many unsafe reports can be tolerated
        for (unsafe_reports.items) |report| {
            var index: usize = 0;
            while (index < report.len) : (index += 1) {
                // mutate report by removing one level
                const mutated_report = concat(
                    alloc,
                    i32,
                    &[_][]const i32{ report[0..index], report[index + 1 ..] },
                ) catch report;
                defer alloc.free(mutated_report);
    
                if (isSafe(mutated_report)) {
                    tolerated_reports += 1;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
    
        return Answer{ .safe = safe_reports, .tolerated = safe_reports + tolerated_reports };
    }
    
    pub fn main() !void {
        const answer = try solve(@embedFile("input.txt"));
        print("Part 1: {d}\n", .{answer.safe});
        print("Part 2: {d}\n", .{answer.tolerated});
    }
    
    test "test input" {
        const answer = try solve(@embedFile("test.txt"));
        try std.testing.expectEqual(2, answer.safe);
        try std.testing.expectEqual(4, answer.tolerated);