From 12b3a6b293cf8afa4dfab515bac80bdf98cee3be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shaun Burdick <github@shaunburdick.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 20:18:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Increased the efficiency of day-0 as a test

---
 day-0/main.go | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/day-0/main.go b/day-0/main.go
index dfe261c..e344efe 100644
--- a/day-0/main.go
+++ b/day-0/main.go
@@ -62,23 +62,23 @@ func part1(input string) int {
 	return total
 }
 
+var prefixes map[string]int = map[string]int{
+	"one":   1,
+	"two":   2,
+	"three": 3,
+	"four":  4,
+	"five":  5,
+	"six":   6,
+	"seven": 7,
+	"eight": 8,
+	"nine":  9,
+	"zero":  0,
+}
+
 func part2(input string) int {
 	parsed := parseInput(input)
 	total := 0
 
-	prefixes := map[string]int{
-		"one":   1,
-		"two":   2,
-		"three": 3,
-		"four":  4,
-		"five":  5,
-		"six":   6,
-		"seven": 7,
-		"eight": 8,
-		"nine":  9,
-		"zero":  0,
-	}
-
 	for _, line := range parsed {
 		first := -1
 		last := -1
@@ -93,15 +93,23 @@ func part2(input string) int {
 				}
 				last = num
 			} else {
-				for prefix, val := range prefixes {
-					if checkPrefix(line[i:], prefix) {
+				// the number names range from 3 to 5 in length so we just need
+				// to check those three lengths in the map
+				for j := 3; j < 6; j++ {
+					end := i + j
+					// If we are over the end of the string, no point in checking
+					if end > len(line) {
+						break
+					}
+					val, ok := prefixes[line[i:end]]
+					if ok {
 						if first == -1 {
 							first = val
 						}
 						last = val
 
 						// jump forward to the last letter of the prefix
-						i += len(prefix) - 2
+						i += j - 2
 						break
 					}
 				}
@@ -117,10 +125,3 @@ func part2(input string) int {
 func parseInput(input string) (ans []string) {
 	return strings.Split(input, "\n")
 }
-
-func checkPrefix(str string, prefix string) bool {
-	if len(str) < len(prefix) {
-		return false
-	}
-	return str[:len(prefix)] == prefix
-}