--- Day 21: Fractal Art ---
You find a program trying to generate some art. It uses a strange process that involves repeatedly enhancing the detail of an image through a set of rules.
The image consists of a two-dimensional square grid of pixels that are either on (#) or off (.). The program always begins with this pattern:
.#. ..# ### Because the pattern is both 3 pixels wide and 3 pixels tall, it is said to have a size of 3.
Then, the program repeats the following process:
- If the size is evenly divisible by
2, break the pixels up into2x2squares, and convert each2x2square into a3x3square by following the corresponding enhancement rule. - Otherwise, the size is evenly divisible by
3; break the pixels up into3x3squares, and convert each3x3square into a4x4square by following the corresponding enhancement rule.
Because each square of pixels is replaced by a larger one, the image gains pixels and so its size increases.
The artist's book of enhancement rules is nearby (your puzzle input); however, it seems to be missing rules. The artist explains that sometimes, one must rotate or flip the input pattern to find a match. (Never rotate or flip the output pattern, though.) Each pattern is written concisely: rows are listed as single units, ordered top-down, and separated by slashes. For example, the following rules correspond to the adjacent patterns:
../.# = .. .# .#. .#./..#/### = ..# ### #..# #..#/..../#..#/.##. = .... #..# .##. When searching for a rule to use, rotate and flip the pattern as necessary. For example, all of the following patterns match the same rule:
.#. .#. #.. ### ..# #.. #.# ..# ### ### ##. .#. Suppose the book contained the following two rules:
../.# => ##./#../... .#./..#/### => #..#/..../..../#..# As before, the program begins with this pattern:
.#. ..# ### The size of the grid (3) is not divisible by 2, but it is divisible by 3. It divides evenly into a single square; the square matches the second rule, which produces:
#..# .... .... #..# The size of this enhanced grid (4) is evenly divisible by 2, so that rule is used. It divides evenly into four squares:
#.|.# ..|.. --+-- ..|.. #.|.# Each of these squares matches the same rule (../.# => ##./#../...), three of which require some flipping and rotation to line up with the rule. The output for the rule is the same in all four cases:
##.|##. #..|#.. ...|... ---+--- ##.|##. #..|#.. ...|... Finally, the squares are joined into a new grid:
##.##. #..#.. ...... ##.##. #..#.. ...... Thus, after 2 iterations, the grid contains 12 pixels that are on.
How many pixels stay on after 5 iterations?