#!/usr/bin/env kotlin import java.io.File operator fun List>.get(position: Pair): E = this[position.first][position.second] val trailheads = mutableListOf>() val grid = File("input.txt").readLines().mapIndexed { row, line -> line.toCharArray().mapIndexed { col, char -> if (char == '0') trailheads.add(row to col) char.digitToInt() } } var sum = 0 for (trailhead in trailheads) { val positions = mutableListOf(trailhead) while (!positions.all { pos -> grid[pos] == 9 }) { val iter = positions.listIterator() while (iter.hasNext()) { val pos = iter.next() iter.remove() if (grid[pos] == 9) { break } if (grid[pos.first].getOrNull(pos.second - 1) == grid[pos] + 1) iter.add(pos.first to pos.second - 1) if (grid[pos.first].getOrNull(pos.second + 1) == grid[pos] + 1) iter.add(pos.first to pos.second + 1) if (grid.getOrNull(pos.first + 1)?.get(pos.second) == grid[pos] + 1) iter.add(pos.first + 1 to pos.second) if (grid.getOrNull(pos.first - 1)?.get(pos.second) == grid[pos] + 1) iter.add(pos.first - 1 to pos.second) } } val tops = positions.toHashSet().size sum += tops } println("Result: $sum")