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"); 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(inputArr) const maxRows = inputArr.length; const maxLetters = inputArr[0].length; //horizontal words for (let x = 0; x < maxRows; x++) { for (let y = 0; y + 3 <= maxLetters; y++) { const word = inputArr[x][y] + inputArr[x][y + 1] + inputArr[x][y + 2] + inputArr[x][y + 3]; if (forwardRegex.test(word) || backwardRegex.test(word)) { totalMatches++; } } } //vertical words for (let x = 0; x + 3 < maxRows; x++) { for (let y = 0; y <= maxLetters; y++) { const word = inputArr[x][y] + inputArr[x + 1][y] + inputArr[x + 2][y] + inputArr[x + 3][y]; if (forwardRegex.test(word) || backwardRegex.test(word)) { totalMatches++; } } } //angled words 1 for (let x = 0; x + 4 < maxRows; x++) { for (let y = 0; y +3< maxLetters; y++) { const word = inputArr[x][y] + inputArr[x + 1][y + 1] + inputArr[x + 2][y + 2] + inputArr[x + 3][y + 3]; if (forwardRegex.test(word) || backwardRegex.test(word)) { totalMatches++; } } } //angled words 2 for (let x = 0; x + 4 < maxRows; x++) { for (let y = 0; y +3< maxLetters; y++) { const word = inputArr[x][y+3] + inputArr[x+1][y + 2] + inputArr[x + 2][y + 1] + inputArr[x+3][y]; if (forwardRegex.test(word) || backwardRegex.test(word)) { totalMatches++; } console.log(word); } } console.log("totalMatches: ", totalMatches);