From cddf77d09bac784d3cab11c692adfdfa64db5207 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth <sethsml@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:54:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] forward and backmatches counted

---
 4/index.js | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/4/index.js b/4/index.js
index cb27f22..e9b96f8 100644
--- a/4/index.js
+++ b/4/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
 const fs = require("fs")
 const forwardRegex = /XMAS/g
+const backwardRegex = /SAMX/g
 const input = fs.readFileSync("input.txt","utf-8")
 const inputArr = input.split("\n")
-console.log(inputArr)
+let totalMatches= 0;
+// console.log(inputArr)
 // const forwardMatchs = input.match(forwardRegex)
 // console.log(input)
 // console.log(forwardMatchs.length)
 //create a sliding window to match the words
+
+
+for (row of inputArr){
+    // console.log(row)
+    const forwardMatches = row.match(forwardRegex)
+    const backwordsMatches= row.match(backwardRegex)
+
+    if(forwardMatches){
+        totalMatches += forwardMatches.length
+    }
+    if(backwordsMatches){
+        totalMatches += backwordsMatches.length
+    }
+}
+
+console.log("totalMatches: ",totalMatches)
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