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import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'; |
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const input = readFileSync('input', 'utf-8'); |
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function getMap() { |
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return input |
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.split('\n') |
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.filter(line => line) |
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.map((line, y) => line |
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.split('') |
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.map((elevation, x) => { |
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const isStart = elevation === 'S'; |
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const isEnd = elevation === 'E'; |
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elevation = elevation.replaceAll('S', 'a'); |
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elevation = elevation.replaceAll('E', 'z'); |
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const height = elevation.charCodeAt(0) - 97; |
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return { |
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x, |
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y, |
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height, |
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isStart, |
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isEnd, |
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path: null |
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}; |
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}) |
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); |
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} |
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const cardinals = [ |
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[0, -1], // North
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[1, 0], // East
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[0, 1], // South
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[-1, 0] // West
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]; |
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// Recursively walk through map stopping whenever we encounter a square with a
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// shorter path than ours
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function solve(map, x, y, canMoveToSquare, path = []) { |
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const square = map[y][x]; |
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path = [...path, [x, y]]; |
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if (square.path && square.path.length <= path.length) { |
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return; |
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} |
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square.path = path; |
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cardinals |
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.map(c => map[y + c[1]]?.[x + c[0]]) |
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// Filter undefined squares
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.filter(s => s) |
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// Filter squares we can't reach
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.filter(s => canMoveToSquare(square, s)) |
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.forEach(s => solve(map, s.x, s.y, canMoveToSquare, [...path])); |
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} |
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function shortestPathStartToEnd() { |
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const map = getMap(); |
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const start = map.flat().find(square => square.isStart); |
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solve( |
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map, |
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start.x, |
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start.y, |
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(from, to) => to.height <= from.height + 1 |
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); |
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const end = map.flat().find(square => square.isEnd); |
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return end.path; |
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} |
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function shortestPathEndToA() { |
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const map = getMap(); |
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const end = map.flat().find(square => square.isEnd); |
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solve( |
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map, |
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end.x, |
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end.y, |
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(from, to) => to.height >= from.height - 1 |
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); |
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const squareWithShortestDistance = map |
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.flat() |
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.filter(square => square.path) |
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.filter(square => square.height === 0) |
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.sort((s1, s2) => s1.path.length - s2.path.length)[0]; |
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return squareWithShortestDistance.path; |
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} |
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console.log('This will take a minute...'); |
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let path; |
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path = shortestPathStartToEnd(); |
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console.log(`The least steps from start to end is: ${path.length - 1}`); |
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path = shortestPathEndToA(); |
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console.log(`The least steps from 'a' to end is: ${path.length - 1}`); |
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