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+const std = @import("std");
+
+var a: std.mem.Allocator = undefined;
+const stdout = std.io.getStdOut().writer(); //prepare stdout to write in
+
+var ar = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.page_allocator); // create memory allocator for strings
+const allocator = ar.allocator();
+
+const Direction = enum(u2) {
+    Left,
+    Right,
+    Up,
+    Down,
+};
+
+fn new_direction(dir: Direction) Direction {
+    return switch (dir) {
+        .Up => Direction.Right,
+        .Right => Direction.Down,
+        .Down => Direction.Left,
+        .Left => Direction.Up,
+    };
+}
+
+fn GridWithDir(comptime T: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        array: []T,
+        row_length: usize,
+
+        const Self = @This();
+        fn get(self: Self, pos: Position) T {
+            return self.array[pos.i + pos.j * self.row_length + @intFromEnum(pos.dir) * self.row_length * self.row_length];
+        }
+
+        fn set(self: Self, pos: Position, val: T) void {
+            self.array[pos.i + pos.j * self.row_length + @intFromEnum(pos.dir) * self.row_length * self.row_length] = val;
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+fn Grid(comptime T: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        array: []T,
+        row_length: usize,
+
+        const Self = @This();
+        fn get(self: Self, pos: Position) T {
+            return self.array[pos.i + pos.j * self.row_length];
+        }
+
+        fn set(self: Self, pos: Position, val: T) void {
+            self.array[pos.i + pos.j * self.row_length] = val;
+        }
+
+        fn grid_print(self: Self) void {
+            for (0..self.row_length) |i| {
+                std.debug.print("{any}\n", .{self.array[i * self.row_length .. (i + 1) * self.row_length]});
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+const Position = struct {
+    i: usize,
+    j: usize,
+    dir: Direction,
+
+    fn get_next(pos: Position, dir: Direction) Position {
+        var new_pos: Position = .{ .i = pos.i, .j = pos.j, .dir = dir };
+        switch (dir) {
+            .Up => new_pos.j -= 1,
+            .Down => new_pos.j += 1,
+            .Left => new_pos.i -= 1,
+            .Right => new_pos.i += 1,
+        }
+        return new_pos;
+    }
+
+    fn is_not_out(pos: Position, length: usize) bool {
+        return pos.i != 0 and pos.i != length - 2 and pos.j != 0 and pos.j != length - 2;
+    }
+};
+
+fn try_obstacle(grid: Grid(u8), visited_grid: GridWithDir(bool), new_visited_grid: GridWithDir(bool), initial_pos: Position) bool {
+    var pos = initial_pos;
+    @memcpy(new_visited_grid.array, visited_grid.array);
+
+    while (pos.is_not_out(grid.row_length)) {
+        if (new_visited_grid.get(pos)) {
+            return true;
+        } else {
+            new_visited_grid.set(pos, true);
+        }
+        const new_pos = pos.get_next(pos.dir);
+        if (grid.get(new_pos) == "#"[0]) {
+            pos.dir = new_direction(pos.dir);
+        } else {
+            pos = new_pos;
+        }
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+fn run(input: [:0]const u8) i64 {
+    const total_length: f32 = @floatFromInt(input.len);
+    const row_length: usize = @intFromFloat(@sqrt(total_length) + 1);
+
+    const initial_index = std.mem.indexOf(u8, input, "^").?;
+    var pos: Position = .{ .i = initial_index % row_length, .j = initial_index / row_length, .dir = Direction.Up };
+
+    const grid = Grid(u8){ .array = @constCast(input), .row_length = row_length };
+
+    var visited_grid = GridWithDir(bool){ .array = allocator.alloc(bool, row_length * row_length * 4) catch unreachable, .row_length = row_length };
+    const new_visited_grid = GridWithDir(bool){ .array = allocator.alloc(bool, row_length * row_length * 4) catch unreachable, .row_length = row_length };
+    var obstacle_tried_grid = Grid(bool){ .array = allocator.alloc(bool, row_length * row_length) catch unreachable, .row_length = row_length };
+    var new_obstacle_count: i64 = 0;
+
+    while (pos.is_not_out(row_length)) {
+        if (!visited_grid.get(pos)) {
+            visited_grid.set(pos, true);
+        }
+        const new_pos = pos.get_next(pos.dir);
+        if (grid.get(new_pos) == "#"[0]) {
+            pos.dir = new_direction(pos.dir);
+        } else {
+            if (!obstacle_tried_grid.get(new_pos)) {
+                grid.set(new_pos, "#"[0]);
+                new_obstacle_count += @intFromBool(try_obstacle(grid, visited_grid, new_visited_grid, Position{ .i = pos.i, .j = pos.j, .dir = new_direction(pos.dir) }));
+                grid.set(new_pos, "."[0]);
+                obstacle_tried_grid.set(new_pos, true);
+            }
+            pos = new_pos;
+        }
+    }
+    return new_obstacle_count;
+}
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.page_allocator); // create memory allocator for strings
+
+    defer arena.deinit(); // clear memory
+    a = arena.allocator();
+
+    var arg_it = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(a);
+    _ = arg_it.skip(); // skip over exe name
+    const input: [:0]const u8 = arg_it.next().?;
+
+    const start: i128 = std.time.nanoTimestamp(); // start time
+    const answer = run(input); // compute answer
+    const end: i128 = std.time.nanoTimestamp();
+    const elapsed_nano: f64 = @floatFromInt(end - start);
+    const elapsed_milli = elapsed_nano / 1_000_000.0;
+    try stdout.print("_duration:{d}\n{}\n", .{ elapsed_milli, answer }); // emit actual lines parsed by AOC
+}