Advent-of-Code-2022/9/solution.mjs

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import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
const input = readFileSync('input', 'utf-8');
const moves = input
.split('\n')
.filter(line => line)
.map(line => {
const [direction, multiplier] = line.split(' ', 2);
return new Array(parseInt(multiplier)).fill(direction);
})
.flat();
function ropeSimulation(nTailKnots) {
const positions = [new Array(nTailKnots + 1).fill().map(_ => [0, 0])];
for (const move of moves) {
const lastKnots = positions[positions.length - 1];
let [x, y] = lastKnots[0];
switch (move) {
case 'U': y += 1; break;
case 'D': y -= 1; break;
case 'L': x -= 1; break;
case 'R': x += 1; break;
default: throw new Error('Invalid move');
}
const knots = [[x, y]];
for (let n = 0; n < nTailKnots; n++) {
([x, y] = knots[knots.length - 1]);
let [tx, ty] = lastKnots[n + 1];
if (y === ty && Math.abs(x - tx) === 2) {
// Horizontal tavel
tx += (x - tx) / Math.abs(x - tx);
} else if (x === tx && Math.abs(y - ty) === 2) {
// Vertical travel
ty += (y - ty) / Math.abs(y - ty);
} else if (Math.abs(x - tx) === 2 || Math.abs(y - ty) === 2) {
// Diagonal travel
tx += (x - tx) / Math.abs(x - tx);
ty += (y - ty) / Math.abs(y - ty);
}
knots.push([tx, ty]);
}
positions.push(knots);
}
return positions;
}
function countLastKnotPositions(positions) {
// Count unique positions of tail
return positions
.map(position => position[position.length - 1])
.filter((tailPosition, i, arr) =>
arr.findLastIndex(tp =>
tp[0] === tailPosition[0] &&
tp[1] === tailPosition[1]
) === i
)
.length;
}
let positions = ropeSimulation(1);
const totalPositionsOneKnot = countLastKnotPositions(positions);
console.log(
`Total unique positions of tail with 1 knot: ${totalPositionsOneKnot}`
);
positions = ropeSimulation(9);
const totalPositionsTenKnots = countLastKnotPositions(positions);
console.log(
`Total unique positions of tail with 10 knots: ${totalPositionsTenKnots}`
);