adventOfCode2024/4/index.js
2025-04-28 23:19:46 +00:00

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const fs = require("fs");
const forwardRegex = /XMAS/;
const backwardRegex = /SAMX/;
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
let lineRegex = 0;
for (row of inputArr) {
// console.log(row)
const forwardMatches = row.match(forwardRegex);
const backwordsMatches = row.match(backwardRegex);
if (forwardMatches) {
lineRegex += forwardMatches.length;
}
if (backwordsMatches) {
lineRegex += backwordsMatches.length;
}
}
console.log("lineRegex: ",lineRegex)
// 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];
// console.log(word)
if (word.match(forwardRegex)|| word.match(backwardRegex)) {
totalMatches++;
}
}
}
console.log("after horizontal: ",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 (word.match(forwardRegex)|| word.match(backwardRegex)) {
totalMatches++;
}
}
}
console.log("after vertical: ",totalMatches)
//angled words nw-se
for (let x = 0; x + 3 < 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 (word.match(forwardRegex)|| word.match(backwardRegex)) {
totalMatches++;
}
}
}
console.log("after nw-se: ",totalMatches)
//angled words ne-sw
for (let x = 0; x + 3 < 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 (word.match(forwardRegex)|| word.match(backwardRegex)) {
totalMatches++;
}
// console.log(word);
}
}
console.log("after ne-sw: ",totalMatches)
console.log("totalMatches: ", totalMatches);